Blake Griffin Ordered to Pay over $3,000,000 annually in child support to his ex-fiancee

[Rational Agnostic]

I just saw this headline today. NBA star Blake Griffin has been legally forced to pay his former fiancee $258,000 per month in child support. Blake Griffin's annual child support to exceed $3M

My thoughts:

1) There is no way that she needs over 3 million dollars per year to take care of a child.

2) He never abused her or harmed her in any way. He is literally being legally punished for breaking up with her, and she is getting her revenge. His punishment is more severe than the punishment for many types of crimes.

3) Kindly explain to me how female privilege doesn't exist.

 

[Rival]

Whilst the amount is stupidly excessive and he has never hurt her, paying child support is hardly female privilege. It's his kid. He should pay for it.

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Whilst the amount is stupidly excessive and he has never hurt her, paying child support is hardly female privilege. It's his kid. He should pay for it.

I agree he should pay for his kid. However, as I already stated, it does not cost even remotely close to $258K per month to sufficiently provide for a child.

 

[PureX]

My thoughts:

1) There is no way that she needs over 3 million dollars per year to take care of a child.

There is no way he needs over 6+ million dollars per year to take care of himself. If he can have all that excessive wealth, why shouldn't she and their child have part of it?

2) He never abused her or harmed her in any way. He is literally being legally punished for breaking up with her, and she is getting her revenge. His punishment is more severe than the punishment for many types of crimes.

You're making presumptions, here, that you can't verify. Which leads me to presume bias on your part.

3) Kindly explain to me how female privilege doesn't exist.

And there's the "boogeyman" behind that bias.

 

[Politesse]

I just saw this headline today. NBA star Blake Griffin has been legally forced to pay his former fiancee $258,000 per month in child support. Blake Griffin's annual child support to exceed $3M

My thoughts:

1) There is no way that she needs over 3 million dollars per year to take care of a child.

2) He never abused her or harmed her in any way. He is literally being legally punished for breaking up with her, and she is getting her revenge. His punishment is more severe than the punishment for many types of crimes.

3) Kindly explain to me how female privilege doesn't exist.

Child support isn't "punishment for breaking up", it is child support. And it is generally proportional to income, as I presume this is, not need as such. The philosophy is to give the child a life equivalent to what they would have had if their parents had stayed together, so that the child at least is not "punished for breaking up". If a very wealthy person fathers a child, and then leaves, the child doesn't deserve to live in poverty while its negligent parent lives in a mansion.

To demonstrate that there is female privilege, you need to show that among all equivalent cases where a woman with Blake Griffin's income was ordered to pay child support, the amount required was less. You'll have a legal case to make if not, since gender discrimination in alimony cases, in either direction, has been illegal in the US since 1979.

You're going to have trouble finding those equivalent cases, right out of the gate, considering how much staggeringly less female basketball players earn compared to men.

 

[YmirGF]

It's 10% of his annual income. Cry me a river.

 

[ImmortalFlame]

I just saw this headline today. NBA star Blake Griffin has been legally forced to pay his former fiancee $258,000 per month in child support. Blake Griffin's annual child support to exceed $3M

My thoughts:

1) There is no way that she needs over 3 million dollars per year to take care of a child.

2) He never abused her or harmed her in any way. He is literally being legally punished for breaking up with her, and she is getting her revenge. His punishment is more severe than the punishment for many types of crimes.

3) Kindly explain to me how female privilege doesn't exist.

Actually, that payment is significantly lower than the average child support payment in terms of overall percentage of income. On average, most fathers have to pay around 17% of their annual income in child support, whereas Blake Griffin is paying around 9%.

SOURCE:
https://supportpay.com/what-is-the-average-child-support-payment/

I fail to see how this is a gender issue. Are you suggesting fathers should only have to pay the bare minimum in child support settlements, regardless of income?

 

[Vinayaka]

At a salary of 29 million, that leaves poor Blake a measly 26 million left. He'll have to sell a car just to survive. The poor poor man.

 

[YmirGF]

At a salary of 29 million, that leaves poor Blake a measly 26 million left. He'll have to sell a car just to survive. The poor poor man.

I know. I got the sniffles just reading about it.

 

[Flame]

 

[Rational Agnostic]

There is no way he needs over 6+ million dollars per year to take care of himself. If he can have all that excessive wealth, why shouldn't she and their child have part of it?
You're making presumptions, here, that you can't verify. Which leads me to presume bias on your part.
And there's the "boogeyman" behind that bias.

She is fairly wealthy also. As I stated before, the child will receive only a very small proportion of the payment. The vast majority of it will go to Brynn Cameron and her current boyfriend. Take a look at this YouTube video that her current boyfriend made. The guy acts like a hysterical, immature loser and can't contain his excitement that he's getting money for nothing.

 

[Revoltingest]

I just saw this headline today. NBA star Blake Griffin has been legally forced to pay his former fiancee $258,000 per month in child support. Blake Griffin's annual child support to exceed $3M

My thoughts:

1) There is no way that she needs over 3 million dollars per year to take care of a child.

2) He never abused her or harmed her in any way. He is literally being legally punished for breaking up with her, and she is getting her revenge. His punishment is more severe than the punishment for many types of crimes.

3) Kindly explain to me how female privilege doesn't exist.

That kid must really eat!

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Actually, that payment is significantly lower than the average child support payment in terms of overall percentage of income. On average, most fathers have to pay around 17% of their annual income in child support, whereas Blake Griffin is paying around 9%.

SOURCE:
https://supportpay.com/what-is-the-average-child-support-payment/

I fail to see how this is a gender issue. Are you suggesting fathers should only have to pay the bare minimum in child support settlements, regardless of income?

The most expensive child support payment ever recorded before this was when Charlie Sheen was ordered to pay $110K per month, less than half of Blake Griffin's payment. And Charlie Sheen is likely worth more than Blake Griffin, and was also reportedly abusive. The Most Expensive Celebrity Child Support Payments

In any case, when we see celebrity child support cases when both the male and the female are equally wealthy, in nearly all cases, it is the male who is forced to pay all of the child support, and not the female. Granted, the female is nearly always the one who gets custody of the child, but should this always be the case? Are all of these men such poor caretakers that they should have no/very limited visitation rights? Or, could it just possibly be that the courts are biased against males?

 

[PureX]

She is fairly wealthy also. As I stated before, the child will receive only a very small proportion of the payment. The vast majority of it will go to Brynn Cameron and her current boyfriend. Take a look at this YouTube video that her current boyfriend made. The guy acts like a hysterical, immature loser and can't contain his excitement that he's getting money for nothing.

Any idiot can make a Youtube video. And you have no idea where the money will go in the future. Give it up, dude. Your "boogeyman" speaks for itself. And no one is buying it's inference.

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Any idiot can make a Youtube video. And you have no idea where the money will go in the future. Give it up, dude. Your "boogeyman" speaks for itself. And no one is buying it's inference.

Why did Charlie Sheen, an abusive drug addict, pay less than half of what Blake Griffin is paying? Furthermore, why is it that even when the female is a celebrity worth millions and is more than adequately able to provide for herself and her child, the male is still forced to pay extreme amounts of money?

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

I just saw this headline today. NBA star Blake Griffin has been legally forced to pay his former fiancee $258,000 per month in child support. Blake Griffin's annual child support to exceed $3M

My thoughts:

1) There is no way that she needs over 3 million dollars per year to take care of a child.

2) He never abused her or harmed her in any way. He is literally being legally punished for breaking up with her, and she is getting her revenge. His punishment is more severe than the punishment for many types of crimes.

3) Kindly explain to me how female privilege doesn't exist.

Because child support and family payments aren't meant to provide the minimal assistance required to survive, they're about sharing the responsibility for the child.

S-H-A-R-I-N-G.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Why did Charlie Sheen, an abusive drug addict, pay less than half of what Blake Griffin is paying? Furthermore, why is it that even when the female is a celebrity worth millions and is more than adequately able to provide for herself and her child, the male is still forced to pay extreme amounts of money?

Because child support and family payments aren't meant to provide the minimal assistance required to survive, they're about sharing the responsibility for the child.

S-H-A-R-I-N-G.

 

[Milton Platt]

I just saw this headline today. NBA star Blake Griffin has been legally forced to pay his former fiancee $258,000 per month in child support. Blake Griffin's annual child support to exceed $3M

My thoughts:

1) There is no way that she needs over 3 million dollars per year to take care of a child.

2) He never abused her or harmed her in any way. He is literally being legally punished for breaking up with her, and she is getting her revenge. His punishment is more severe than the punishment for many types of crimes.

3) Kindly explain to me how female privilege doesn't exist.

It has nothing to do with female privilege and more to do with the actual facts of the case, I would think. According to the link you provided, while earning 35 million per year, he still failed to provide for the children at all. He could have avoided the judgement by simply taking care of his children in the first place. It's only 9% of his income. This will ensure a generous college fund, excellent medical care, the best schools, and a large trust fund for them the future.

 

[ImmortalFlame]

The most expensive child support payment ever recorded before this was when Charlie Sheen was ordered to pay $110K per month, less than half of Blake Griffin's payment. And Charlie Sheen is likely worth more than Blake Griffin, and was also reportedly abusive. The Most Expensive Celebrity Child Support Payments

Except that was back in 2010, when Sheen's annual income was closer to around 20 million a year, not the 35 million that Blake earns/

What do you think factors into how much child support a father pays?

In any case, when we see celebrity child support cases when both the male and the female are equally wealthy, in nearly all cases, it is the male who is forced to pay all of the child support, and not the female. Granted, the female is nearly always the one who gets custody of the child, but should this always be the case? Are all of these men such poor caretakers that they should have no/very limited visitation rights? Or, could it just possibly be that the courts are biased against males?

Or is it just possible that these are private issues for the courts and the individuals involved and that you don't have access to enough information to come to an informed conclusion about the causes and that jumping to the conclusion of male-exclusionary sexism is somewhat premature and without basis?

 

[PureX]

Why did Charlie Sheen, an abusive drug addict, pay less than half of what Blake Griffin is paying? Furthermore, why is it that even when the female is a celebrity worth millions and is more than adequately able to provide for herself and her child, the male is still forced to pay extreme amounts of money?

Why is it that you keep re-adjudicating these cases in your mind when you do not have sufficient information, nor the authority to do so? Is this some sort of weird hobby?