Flavor Flav appeared to be fulfilling his parental obligations to his 3-year-old son Jordan, his eighth child and only with former manager Kate Gammell.
TMZ recently ran a favorable article claiming the Public Enemy member was paying $3,000 a month in child support and attempting to build a relationship with the young boy, seeing him at least once a week. The 63-year-old also supposedly filed legal documents that will allow Jordan to take his last name of Drayton.
Public Enemy's Flavor Flav Files Legal Docs For 3-Year-Old Son To Take His Last Name
Although the outlet did note he still owed Gammell over $78,000 in back child support, Gammell tells HipHopDX Flav is still dropping the ball when it comes to his responsibilities (including medical care). Furthermore, he blocked Gammell on Instagram last week after she posted a video of him drumming with Jordan.
“We decided to settle outside of court because Flav said he was going to be there for Jordan, seeing him once a week, pay $3,000 a month and pay his medical,” Gammell tells DX. “I trusted him. He also has only seen Jordan six times since he was born in 2019.
“The terms of the agreement we came up with is that Flav’s child support is based upon his income, but he has not provided the required documentation to determine that. He does gigs and doesn’t give me the contracts. He is hiding his income.”
Gammell also revealed Flavor Flav has indicated he has no intentions of paying the $78,000 in child support from Jordan’s first two years of life or the $60,000 in attorney fees.
“Jordan has trouble detoxing and has to have specialized medical care and medicines,” she continues. “Flavor is supposed to pay half of that but has failed to do so. And, if he really wants Jordan in his life, why would he block me? It clearly shows he doesn’t care about Jordan since he did it right after I put the drum video up on my Instagram. Or is he afraid I will see all his gigs, which will produce income and then he has to pay higher child support? He is not transparent and by blocking me on Instagram, he is clearly showing his statements to TMZ is not true
“Now Jordan can’t see pictures of his dad or is he afraid I will see all of his gigs, which produce income and then he has to pay higher child support. He is not transparent and by blocking me on Instagram, he is clearly showing his statements to TMZ is not true.”
Flavor Flav agreed to a paternity test in 2019 after previously denying Jordan was his child. The results proved he’s 100 percent the father, but Gammell has struggled for years to get to him to step up to the plate.
Flav claims he plans to pay the $78,000 to Gammell and continue paying child support, but Gammell isn’t holding her breath. He also owed over $100,000 in attorney fees, which he’s reportedly whittled down to $60,000. Gammell will have to decide whether she wants to get the courts involved in the coming weeks.
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78K a year is a lot of hair, nails n ish 4 mama should be plenty thot, u let the wrong dude skeet up in ya and still hit the lotto aside from a private school call that 50k a year is still 24k a year JUST for the kid n health insurance, thots like this disgust me know u payin a lawyer 60K & doubt he put in a full years work
It’s not 78K a year that’s what he’s owes, he hasn’t paid a dime since 2019, so really this 78K is on the low side of things, his son has medical issues and special medical needs and she’s not even asking him to pay the full amount just half of that, if she put him on child support he’s gonna have to pay a lot more then that, you think 60k in lawyer fees is a lot hahaha then you can’t even begin to afford my lawyer hahaha
no he wont, he gettin mostly cash at this point didnt say it was a lot but the lawyer gettin almost as much as the kid winner, what a waste just take what u get n be happy whole families living off 36K a year and thats what the order is for, helth insurance should cover the medical needs child support is for CHILD sthe woman not homeless so all the father should be responsible for is HALF the rent/med/school/food/transpo at flavs level buy the smut a car pay off the house and a G a month should be plenty as she should be resposible for the other half but the order for 3K which is more than enough
When did Boosie have another kid?
You shouldn’t be having kids at 60 to start with. That’s just cruel to the little boy who will want to be active with you in 14-15 years time, going places and playing sports and you won’t be able to keep up at 75 years old. When he becomes a young man needing your wisdom and advice your life will probably be almost over and you might leave him with many questions. The financial part is a side issue to me.