Tyrese Gibson‘s ex-wife Samantha Lee asked a judge to throw out his lawsuit seeking to lower his child support. Samantha claims he still owes her $111,000 in back child support for their 5-year-old daughter, Soraya.
Samantha was awarded primary custody of Soraya in 2023. Tyrese was ordered to pay Samantha $10,690 a month. But he failed to make any payments and he was jailed last year until he paid up.
In her motion to dismiss, filed on April 14, Samantha opposed Tyrese’s lawsuit requesting to lower his payments.
In court documents obtained by In Touch, Samantha said Tyrese appealed the child support order in the Georgia Supreme Court, where he argued that the child support was not pursuant to the terms of their premarital contract.
Samantha said because Tyrese appealed the child support order with the Georgia Supreme Court, the lower court has no authority to make a decision in the case.
Additionally, Samantha said Tyrese fell behind on his monthly payments and “he has only paid the full monthly amount three times.”
Samantha said Tyrese has been held in willful contempt three times by the Fulton County Court, and he was arrested and briefly jailed in Fulton County last year.
She claimed that Tyrese currently owes her $111,955, as of February 14.
Samantha’s lawyer asked a judge to dismiss Tyrese’s lawsuit for failing to pay the court order child support. The judge has yet to rule on Samantha’s motion to dismiss.
