NBA star Anthony Edwards' ex Ayesha Howard accused him of dragging out their court docket battle after allegedly agreeing to present her sole custody, Us Weekly can completely report.
On June 25, Howard filed a declaration as a part of her lawsuit towards the Minnesota Timberwolves star over their daughter, Aubri, claiming, partly, that Edwards' authorized actions have brought about her “monetary hurt.”
Final yr, a DNA take a look at decided Edwards was the daddy of the infant woman, born in October 2024. Howard filed a lawsuit against Edwards in California for paternity and youngster help. The NBA star filed a separate lawsuit in Georgia.
Edwards didn't assume Howard truly moved to California and mentioned he believed she filed in Los Angeles in hopes of scoring the next youngster help award. Howard denied his claims and mentioned she moved to L.A. months earlier than their daughter's beginning.
In court docket paperwork, Edwards made it clear he was not searching for custody or visitation of his daughter. He mentioned the one problem that wanted to be decided was help.
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Earlier this yr, the choose presiding over Howard's case in L.A. decided that youngster help needs to be set in Georgia. Nonetheless, he mentioned the custody order might doubtlessly be established in L.A.
At a listening to on Might 19, the events went forwards and backwards on the problems. At one level, Ayesha requested the choose, “Being that he's not searching for visitation or custody, why does he even — why is — does it matter the place my youngster is. It's not like, ‘Oh I've to return go to her in California.'”

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Edwards' lawyer argued for the custody to be set in Georgia. He mentioned, “As a result of proper now, as we speak, [Edwards] shouldn't be requesting custody. I don't know what occurs over the subsequent 18 years.”
Later, Howard told the court docket, “So far as youngster help goes, I imply, so far as youngster custody goes, Anthony doesn't need something to do with my youngster. He has expressed that. He has proven that. I haven't seen him. [Aubri] hasn't seen him — by no means. So, I imply, whether or not custody was truthfully right here or in Mars, I don't assume it might inconvenience him or matter in any respect.”
In her current movement, Howard claimed that a few days after the listening to, Edwards and his workforce agreed to present her sole bodily and authorized custody of their daughter.

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She connected the proposed judgment, allegedly despatched by Edwards' workforce, which granted her sole custody. The proposal additionally contained a provision prohibiting every occasion from speaking concerning the different on social media or publicly.
Howard mentioned she requested that Edwards' lawyer take away sure provisions from the deal, however they've been dragging their ft.
In her movement, she accused Edwards' workforce of violating the court docket's directive and fascinating in “unhealthy religion delay ways,” which have brought about her “pointless monetary hurt.”
Particularly, she mentioned they've refused to submit the proposed judgment awarding her sole custody. She mentioned the Georgia court docket received't rule on youngster help till a custody judgment is entered.
Howard mentioned this has brought about her daughter to be left “unsupported by her father for an prolonged time period.”
Edwards has but to reply.
