Clint Sessions is an unemployed NFL player, but his national profile is raising, and it’s not for a good reason.
A Florida woman named Davia Bradshaw claims Session — formerly of the Jaguars — abandoned her and their disabled daughter and refuses to pay the $319,306.81 he owes in back child support according to the New Times.
For Davia Bradshaw, her situation has gone from bad to worse.
At the end of October, the 36-year-old Broward woman lost her apartment, sending the single mom into the houses of friends and family with her 3-year-old daughter, Ashton.
The circumstances would have been hard for any small family, but Bradshaw’s daughter is wheelchair-bound due a host of developmental issues, including cerebral palsy.
Bradshaw’s hard knocks are more grating because since 2012, she has been locked in a court battle with the baby’s father, former NFL star and Pompano Beach native Clint Session.
As the paper first reported in July, Bradshaw and Session’s relationship soured soon after Ashton’s birth in 2012. Session — who in 2011 signed a $30 million ($10 million guaranteed) deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars — had only sporadically paid financial support for his daughter, who thanks to her conditions needs regular therapy and medical treatment.
The courtroom tussles continued this September, when a hearing was held in the courtroom of Judge Alfred J. Horowitz.
However, the judge ordered that “child support and financial obligations shall remain the same.” On the same day, Horowitz signed a final judgment stating that Session owes $319,306.81 with a 4.75 interest rate.
Despite having two judges rule in her behalf, Bradshaw says she still has not received money from Session — neither the lump sum of back pay nor the monthly funds for Ashton’s care. Nothing in November at all.
Session in 2011 signed a $30 million ($10 million guaranteed) deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars, but is currently out the league.