This story sounds very familiar to another story I blogged about on New York Jets' Antonio Cromartie. This time it involves another NFL player, Albert Haynesworth. Turns out Haynesworth is being sued for $10 million by a pregnant exotic dancer who claims to have been knocked up by the football star. The exotic dancer claims Haynesworth impregnated her and then abandoned her.
Silvia Mena, 25, who is nearly four months pregnant, claimed the Washington Redskins player met her in Miami late last year and romanced her during Super Bowl week.
In papers to be filed in a New York court, she said that after Haynesworth, 28, found out about the pregnancy in late February, he promised to "emotionally and financially support" her. But "after making such promises ... Haynesworth has abandoned the pregnant Silvia Mena ... He has refused to provide any emotional or financial support of Silvia Mena or his unborn child."
The documents claim that Haynesworth -- who signed a $100 million contract with the Redskins last year -- refused to talk to Mena from late March.
Haynesworth's assistant reportedly suggested the dancer "seek treatment from an NFL physician," but Mena feared "some effort might be made to purposefully make her lose the child," the papers said.
"It is very stressful. I cry all the time," Mena said Tuesday.
Her lawyer, Salvatore Strazzullo, said he was filing the $10 million suit Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court. "This man is worth millions," Strazzullo said. "She has had to apply for Medicaid to take care of her pregnancy." Haynesworth's agent declined to comment on the claims.
So, there is no doubt that Mena will be going after Haynesworth's deep pockets through a civil lawsuit and potentially a paternity and child support claim once the baby is born. If you are involved in an Orange County paternity and/or Orange County child support matter and wish to seek additional information about your rights, contact an Orange County child support attorney.
Source: FoxNews.com: Pregnant Exotic Dancer suing NFL star
