Anthony Edwards is accusing Ayesha Howard in court of trying to publicly shame him into a child support settlement for their daughter, Aubri’.
According to court documents filed Wednesday and exclusively obtained by Page Six, the Minnesota Timberwolves player claimed Howard allegedly “orchestrated a coordinated media campaign” to “pressure” Edwards into reaching a monetary agreement.
After Page Six exclusively reported earlier this month that Howard filed documents, claiming Edwards “intentionally” hid assets to avoid a child support decision in California, the NBA star’s legal team alleges she worked to “manufacture media exposure as leverage against Anthony.” (Edwards’ lawyer did not respond to Page Six’s request for comment on this allegation.)
Per the claims in the docs, each motion allegedly “gives [Howard] a fresh peg for media coverage that publicly humiliates Anthony, exposes the minor child, and causes Anthony to incur five-and six-figure legal fees.”
“The extortionate nature of this campaign has been publicly confirmed,” the docs alleged.
Edwards claimed in the docs that multiple media outlets reported that Howard allegedly “demanded” several preconditions to resolve their ongoing child support battle, including a lump-sum payment of $500,000; financial support for life; and a public apology posted on all of Edwards’s social media platforms.
“These are the demands of a litigant using the court process as a pressure mechanism to extort a private settlement that no court would order,” the docs claim.
“The filings, the media campaign, the parallel proceedings in two states, the refusal to comply with discovery, and the refusal to mediate are all designed to make the cost of defending so high that Anthony will pay whatever Ayesha demands to make it stop,” the docs claim.
Additionally, Edwards, 24, claimed Howard does not reside in California — where she filed for child support — and may never have lived in the state.
The “Starting 5” star is asking for a court to further seal requests in this case to prevent prejudice and to protect their 1-year-old daughter, who cannot “who cannot consent to the public dissemination of her full name, her health details, and the intimate circumstances of her birth.”
Page Six has reached out to Edwards’ lawyer and Howard for comment but did not immediately hear back.
As Page Six previously reported, Howard claimed in court documents that she “discovered evidence” proving the professional basketball player has “substantial and ongoing business and financial presence in the State of California.”
The mom of two claimed in the filing that Edwards has a business LLC and business trademarks registered in California, business infrastructure principled addressed and operational activities within the state, a bank account located in Beverly Hills and current and prior sports agency contracts connected to California-based sports representatives.
Howard asked the California court for a renewal of her original child support order in the Golden State because Edwards allegedly “intentionally” hid his assets, which affected the prior ruling regarding personal jurisdiction.
In October 2024, Page Six exclusively reported that Edwards had filed a petition for paternity and child support in Georgia the month prior.
After finding out about Howard’s pregnancy, the Olympic gold medalist allegedly blocked her from further communicating with him and urged her to “get da abortion.”
The Instagram model — who also shares son Jason with rapper Lil Baby — revealed she welcomed a baby girl named Aubri’ in October 2024.
Edwards also shares daughter Aislynn, who was born in March 2024, with girlfriend Shannon Jackson.
The shooting guard has not publicly acknowledged daughter Aris, 2, with Daja Carlyle and son Amir, 2, with Alexandria Desroches, both of whom he allegedly fathered.
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