March 28, 2026
The paternity case is transferring ahead as plaintiff requests custody, monetary help, and genetic testing.
A girl who beforehand filed a paternity declare towards former NBA participant Paul Pierce is now asking a court docket to order important month-to-month baby help, together with custody and extra monetary compensation. In accordance with authorized filings obtained by TMZ, Los Angeles–based mostly occasion director Princess Santiago alleges that Pierce is the daddy of her toddler son and is requesting almost $30,000 per thirty days in baby help funds.
The submitting additionally seeks sole authorized and bodily custody of the kid, together with reimbursement for authorized bills totaling $100,000.
Santiago is once more asking the court docket to mandate genetic testing to verify paternity. She beforehand initiated authorized motion earlier this yr whereas pregnant, sustaining that Pierce is the kid’s father. Her son, King Rafael Santiago Pierce, was born on Feb. 6, in accordance with court docket information.
Along with month-to-month help, Santiago is requesting that Pierce cowl half of the prices related together with her being pregnant and childbirth. These bills, she claims, quantity to $18,846.
The filings spotlight Pierce’s monetary historical past, noting his prolonged skilled basketball profession and earnings. Santiago states that Pierce, who performed for almost twenty years within the NBA, earned between roughly $195 million and $203 million in wage throughout his time within the league. She additionally factors to his endorsement earnings, writing that he “has publicly acknowledged that in his NBA profession he made sufficient cash from endorsements that he didn’t have to make use of his NBA wage to pay his bills or beneficiant expenditures on his household, romantic companions and household.”
Pierce spent nearly all of his profession with the Boston Celtics earlier than ending his ultimate seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers. Over 19 seasons, he established himself as one of many league’s most recognizable gamers.
Santiago has maintained that her authorized motion just isn’t motivated by publicity. “This isn’t about drama or consideration,” she mentioned in an earlier assertion tied to the case.
The matter stays unresolved because the court docket considers her requests, together with affirmation of paternity and determinations relating to custody and monetary help.
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