Dwight Howard is escalating his little one help case with an ex and is demanding that she be present in contempt of court docket.
The NBA champion is accusing his ex Tiffany Render of defaming him and needs her present in contempt of court docket for allegedly violating their court docket order, The Blast stories. Howard claims Render’s alleged badmouthing uncovered their 15-year-old daughter Layla to negativity.
The Orlando Magic star filed a Jan. 8 petition requesting that she be present in “willful” contempt of court docket.
“[Tiffany] has willfully failed and refused to adjust to these necessities and has continued to talk negatively, and publicly, about [Dwight] defaming his title and character and has completed so in a way wherein the minor little one is uncovered to identical,” Howard’s lawyer argued.
Nonetheless, Render argues that Howard’s allegations stem from her casting on “The Girls of Orange County FL,” the place she stars alongside his different ex Royce Reed. She claims the present, which is at present being pitched to networks, contains no unfavorable remarks about Howard and that she has not violated any court docket orders.
Howard is shifting ahead along with his petition, with a listening to scheduled for March 27. His legal professionals are requesting that Render protect all texts, emails, and movies related to the case.
“[Tiffany] is additional notified {that a} failure to adjust to this discover could lead to sanctions for any destruction or failures to protect any such proof, together with, with out limitation, opposed inferences in opposition to [Tiffany] at trial, in addition to an award of bills and lawyer’s charges necessitated by such conduct,” Howard’s legal professionals wrote of their petition.
The listening to follows a subpoena Howard issued to Render in November 2024, requesting all communications associated to their daughter. The previous NBA star seeks entry to each e mail and textual content exchanged between Render and Layla’s medical doctors, lecturers, coaches, tutors, and youth group leaders.
His authorized staff has demanded all messages from January 2024 onward, arguing that they’re important to the case. Moreover, Howard is requesting Render’s 2023 tax return, all pay stubs from that 12 months, and any employment data.
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