Jesse Williams’ ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee has responded to his request to the court to have his child support payments reduced over his lower income and according to her, no one asked Jesse to leave Grey’s Anatomy but he left the successful show in pursuit of his “own path” and that she doesn’t think his request pleading for his child support payments to be reduced should be granted.
According to Yahoo.
Radar Online reports that the mother’s attorney filed paperwork stating she wants him to continue to pay the court-ordered amount that he has for the last three years. Williams reportedly has been paying $40,000 monthly for child support since October 2019.
In December 2021, the former “Grey’s Anatomy” star filed a motion under seal pleading for support obligations to be lessened. He contends the current amount is based on his former job and not his current reality.
In 2019, he raked in $6.2 million and $183k in residuals for playing Dr. Jackson Avery on the hit ABC show. However, since leaving the show his income has dramatically dropped. Currently, he is starring in a play called “Take Me Out” and making only $1,668 per week, he claims.
His claim to the court says, “I am requesting the Court reduce the child support to a reasonable amount I can afford given the significant reduction in my income and the now fluctuating nature of my income.”
“The child support should also be reflective of our two young children’s actual lifestyle and not some exorbitant/imagined version,” it continued.
On the other hand, the filing stated Drake-Lee is not working at all despite holding a credential of a real estate agent in New York. He believes she should return to her job to help support the children.
Her motion stated Williams’ willful departure from the show is his own doing and is an excuse for him not to step up.
“[Jesse] left a favorable, coveted, high-paying position on a successful T.V. show, in pursuit of his ‘own path,’ and now seeks to shed his family responsibilities,” it read.
“In his Request,” her lawyer writes. “[Jesse] mentions [Aryn’s] education and prior earnings as a real estate agent. However, he fails to mention that [Aryn] gave up her thriving career in New York for him more than 13 years ago, to relocate to California to support and focus on building his acting career and businesses.”
Aryn Drake-Lee obviously doesn’t pity Jesse Williams and wants him to pay the full child support payments as ordered by the court.
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