We may tune in to ‘Basketball Wives’ each week to see the pending drama between the former wives and girlfriends of NBA ballers but it seems the real sip tea worthy drama happens off camera and never make it to TV.
Royce Reed, who has been pretty much low key this season, is going through some crazy drama off screen. Her baby’s father, NBA star Dwight Howard, has made her life a living hell off camera after winning a 500,000 judgement against her last year and freezing her bank accounts after she violated a court order that prohibited her from talking about him in the press. Now, he’s currently battling her in court in an effort to get custody of her son because he says that Royce is making it increasingly difficult for him to see his child.
If Dwight Howard gets custody of his child, (similar to Dwyane Wade) being a single father will help add to his already wholesome image in the media. However Royce Reed’s son isn’t Dwight Howard’s only child; He has a daughter Jayde (born in December 2010) and a daughter Layla (born in October 2010).
Dwight’s daughter Jayde (who has a resemblance to Royce’s son) with mother Hope Alexa
According to Black Sports Online, there are possibly two other kids out there that aren’t being acknowledged publicly by Dwight.
Although he has these other kids (that the media doesn’t know about), none of the kids mothers faces the same scrutiny and drama that Royce Reed is facing. Dwight was obviously livid when Royce decided to join Basketball Wives, and things may get even more worse for Royce since she’s been tweeting photos of her child with her new man ‘Dezmon Briscoe’, who plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 2009, Dwight sued Royce for $142,000 ($500 for each of her twitter followers) after she broke a court order that prevented her from posting pics of their son online. The year prior he had sued her for 9.2 million, claiming she bad-mouth him on a gossip site. [This guy obviously has a lot of time and a lot of money to spend on lawyers]
Meanwhile, Royce believes she is getting the short end of the stick this time around in their custody battle because the judge allegedly has a bias against ‘baby mamas’ especially those who have baby’s out of wedlock with NBA stars. She also fears he will side with Dwight because of his ‘celebrity’, so she’s looking to get the judge removed from their case. The judge previously awarded Dwight custody without letting Royce present her side then delayed his decision and Dwight’s lawyer is listed as an endorser of the judge on the judge’s website.
You couldn’t write a better ‘Basketball Wives’ script..
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