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An lawyer for Tristan Thompson has reportedly confirmed that the NBA nice, 31, is paying baby assist to the mom of his son Theo, Maralee Nichols. Tristan “is paying, and has paid, baby assist to Ms. Nichols retroactive to the date she delivered the kid,” the lawyer informed Us Weekly on August 18. Maralee gave start to her baby with Tristan in December of 2018, making him now eight months outdated.

A spokesperson beforehand informed the outlet that Tristan wasn’t paying Maralee, who can also be 31. The Texas health professional has hung out seemingly shading Khloe Kardashian‘s ex in social media posts since their baby was born. “Much less time on captions, extra time on actions,” she captioned a pic of her in exercise gear on August 11. By no means skip leg day.”
That in itself could appear innocuous, but it surely got here simply hours after Tristan posted a pic of himself with an eyebrow-raising caption. “I by no means switched sides, I switched lanes,” he wrote. “I obtained wiser and understand we aren’t all constructed the identical #DontTryMe.”
Tristan is dad to daughter True, 4, and his new baby born by way of surrogate with actuality TV icon Khloe, 38, born August 5. He’s additionally a father to 5-year-old son Prince whom he had with ex Jordan Craig. As he juggles his tasks as a mother or father to 4, a supply near Khloe and Tristan lately informed HollywoodLife how they’d be approaching custody of their tiny new arrival.
“Khloe and Tristan have agreed that Khloe may have sole authorized and bodily custody of their child full time,” they informed HL EXCLUSIVELY. “Nevertheless, Tristan is so excited to have welcomed a son as a result of he actually wished one other boy. Regardless that Khloe may have full custody of the infant, she’s more than pleased for Tristan to be current of their baby’s life as a lot as he desires.”
In January, Tristan confirmed {that a} paternity take a look at confirmed him to be the organic father of Theo, and publicly apologized to Khloe. “I’ve the utmost respect and love for you,” he wrote by way of Instagram, partly. “No matter what it’s possible you’ll assume. Once more, I’m so extremely sorry.” It was later revealed {that a} surrogate was already set to provide start to his second child with Khloe when the paternity scandal with Maralee broke.