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Braylon Edwards Fathers Child with Nik Pace

by Jordan Yerman | December 18, 2009 at 08:33 am

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New York Jets wide reciever Braylon Edwards has fathered a child with America's Next Top Model contestant Nik Pace. That's not the controversy, though: the bit that's catching tabloid attention is that Nik Pace's lawyer objected to Braylon Edwards' filing as a parent in the state of Georgia (where the child was born), because Georgia has lower child support requirements than New York. Indeed, Nik Pace is suing Braylon Edwards for up to $70,000 per month in child support.

I'm pretty sure I wasn't that expensive as an infant.

Edwards, who makes about $5 million a year, immediately filed in Atlanta to be recognized as the father -- but was shocked when Pace objected and sued for child support in New York.

Braylon Edwards asserts that Nik Pace primarily lives in Atlanta, and that the child was born in Atlanta, so that's where it makes sense to file as the father.

"She only moved to New York in November after he was traded to the Jets. He wants to be part of the child's life, but she wouldn't even tell him where or when the child would be born so he could be there. He wants to provide for his son. He has been paying support since the birth."