Stevie J Arrested, Reportedly Owes More Than $1 Million in Child Support

Reality-TV star and onetime hit producer Stevie J has been arrested after racking up what TMZ reports is a "million-dollar child support debt." According to the gossip site,ย theย Love & Hip Hop: Atlantaย starย is currently in jail after he allegedly stopped paying a court-ordered $8,500 monthly child support payment in 2001. Suggested Reading Anna Wintour Exits Vogue…

Reality-TV star and onetime hit producer Stevie J has been arrested after racking up what TMZ reports is a "million-dollar child support debt." According to the gossip site,ย theย Love & Hip Hop: Atlantaย starย is currently in jail after he allegedly stopped paying a court-ordered $8,500 monthly child support payment in 2001.

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According to a criminal complaint seen by TMZ, Stevie Jย fathered two children with his then live-in girlfriend in 1997 and 1998 and was initially ordered to pay $6,500 in child support in 1999. That amount was raised to $8,500 a few years later.

TMZ reports that Stevie J hasn't paid child support in some 13 years, bringing his estimated total back child support owed to $1,107,412!

Police arrested him in Atlanta, and he will face criminal charges in New York City, TMZ reports.

Read more at TMZ.

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