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After a recent ruling from the Supreme Court's Appellate Division, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs has had over $13,000 cut from his monthly child support payments.
Diddy will now have to pay $21,782.08 per month to his ex-girlfriend, Hip-Hop stylist Misa Hylton-Brim. Brim is the mother of Diddy's 11-year-old son, Justin. Last September, a Westchester County Family Court judge ordered the mogul to pay $35,000 per month in child support, close to $400,000 in retroactive pay, and $60,000 in lawyer fees.
Despite the cut, the new amount is still four times what Puff was paying Brim prior to last September's ruling. Brim took Combs to court, stating that the $5000 she was receiving wasn't enough to take care of the child's expenses. According to Brim's lawyer, Brett Kimmel, the additional money was necessary to pay for a full-time nanny, private school and constant security.
Kimmel also argued that Diddy had not revealed his finances and was paying model Kim Porter $30,000 per month for a second child. Support Magistrate Carol James reportedly ordered Combs to pay Brim the monthly $35,000 because of that argument. In a 13-page ruling, Westchester Family Court Judge David Klein supported James finding and revealed that Puff's 2002 federal tax return estimated his income at $16 million.
Diddy then appealed the decision and a state appellate court in Brooklyn reduced the monthly payment, stating that the Westchester judges shouldn't have used Diddy's payments to Porter as a basis in their decision to award Brim the high payment.
"The Support Magistrate erred in basing the award in part on the amount of child support the father paid for his other child by another woman," the justices said in the decision.
The appellate court also sent the case back to Westchester to recalculate the back payments owed to Brim. Brim and Diddy's lawyers did not return calls for comment.
Source: sohh
Diddy will now have to pay $21,782.08 per month to his ex-girlfriend, Hip-Hop stylist Misa Hylton-Brim. Brim is the mother of Diddy's 11-year-old son, Justin. Last September, a Westchester County Family Court judge ordered the mogul to pay $35,000 per month in child support, close to $400,000 in retroactive pay, and $60,000 in lawyer fees.
Despite the cut, the new amount is still four times what Puff was paying Brim prior to last September's ruling. Brim took Combs to court, stating that the $5000 she was receiving wasn't enough to take care of the child's expenses. According to Brim's lawyer, Brett Kimmel, the additional money was necessary to pay for a full-time nanny, private school and constant security.
Kimmel also argued that Diddy had not revealed his finances and was paying model Kim Porter $30,000 per month for a second child. Support Magistrate Carol James reportedly ordered Combs to pay Brim the monthly $35,000 because of that argument. In a 13-page ruling, Westchester Family Court Judge David Klein supported James finding and revealed that Puff's 2002 federal tax return estimated his income at $16 million.
Diddy then appealed the decision and a state appellate court in Brooklyn reduced the monthly payment, stating that the Westchester judges shouldn't have used Diddy's payments to Porter as a basis in their decision to award Brim the high payment.
"The Support Magistrate erred in basing the award in part on the amount of child support the father paid for his other child by another woman," the justices said in the decision.
The appellate court also sent the case back to Westchester to recalculate the back payments owed to Brim. Brim and Diddy's lawyers did not return calls for comment.
Source: sohh
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