Atlanta rapper Ludacris blames Paul Walker‘s death for his failure to pay child support, and told a court judge on Wednesday he was unable to pay $15,000 a month in support because Fast And The Furious 7 was postponed after the actor’s sudden passing.
Ludacris, whose real name is Chris Bridges, made headlines earlier this year when news broke out about his newborn child. The mother of Cai Bridges, now two months old, was not Eudoxie, Ludacris’s long-time girlfriend, but a woman named Tamika Fuller.
Bridges and Fuller faced a judge on Wednesday over overdue child support payments. Fuller requested $15,000 a month for support, while Bridges blamed financial woes as to why he is unable to pay that amount. According to court documents, Ludacris admitted only earning $55K in 2013. (Let’s assume his attendance at the NBA All-Star Weekend and stay in New Orleans last weekend were comped.) He requested monthly child support payments of $1,800. The judge ordered the “Waterfall” rapper to pay $7,000 for now until records are further investigated.
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The untimely death of Walker halted all production of Fast 7, including the actors’ paychecks. Tyrese Gibson, fellow Fast co-star, made a similar financial hardship claim when it came to visitation and child support for his young daughter. He restated he had to take gigs in Dubai, instead of spending time with his daughter in order to pay the support.