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Judge orders Sapp to shell out $62K/year in child support

Posted: Saturday August 16, 2003 5:35 PM
Updated: Saturday August 16, 2003 5:48 PM
  Warren Sapp DNA tests confirmed that the child was fathered by Warren Sapp. Al Bello/Getty Images

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Football star Warren Sapp has been ordered to pay $62,339 in annual child support for the daughter he fathered with a New Jersey woman three years ago.

Superior Court Judge Charles Rand also ordered the all-pro defensive tackle to pay $84,924 to create a college fund for Autumn Jade Sapp, who was born Nov. 21, 2000.

The support order, released Friday by Rand, is retroactive to April 2002, but Sapp is being credited for $45,000 already paid to Chantel Adkins, the girl's mother, who lives in Voorhees.

Another $42,804 is due to the Camden County Probation Department by Aug. 30. Sapp also must pay $47,766 for legal expenses related to the paternity fight.

Sapp had challenged Adkins' claims, but later accepted responsibility after three DNA tests.

Sapp is the final year of a $36 million contract with the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He's due to earn $6.6 million this season.


 
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