Former NBA player Matt Barnes is ordered to pay his ex-wife Gloria Govan nearly $133,000 in past-due child support
A Los Angeles court has ordered Matt Barnes to pay his ex-wife Gloria Govan more than $134,000 in past-due child support.
The 43-year-old former NBA player has a $133,976.54 arrears in favor of Govan, 38, TMZ reported Thursday after reviewing court documents.
It’s not the first time the Santa Clara, California native has gone to court over child support, which was reduced from $20,000 a month to $7,500 at the end of 2018.
Barnes, who was involved in a spitting incident earlier this year at an NFL playoff game, is the father of 14-year-old twins Carter and Isaiah with Govan, who is best known for appearing on Basketball Wives.
Govan in 2021 married Los Angeles Lakers stalwart Derek Fisher in July 2021 at Cielo Farms in Malibu, California after announcing their engagement in April 2018.
The Latest: Matt Barnes, 43, has been ordered by a Los Angeles court to pay his ex-wife Gloria Govan, 38, more than $134,000 in past-due child support.
Barnes, who played for teams like the Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors, married Govan in 2012 and they separated two years later.
Barnes, who played 14 years in the league, finalized his divorce with Govan in 2016 after less than two years of marriage.
In the fall of 2018, Barnes was granted sole physical and legal custody of the children, and an 18-month restraining order against Govan, following an incident in which she was arrested in connection with endangerment to the children.
In the Aug. 31, 2018 incident, Govan was accused of preventing Barnes from picking up the twins from school on their scheduled custodial day. Barnes claimed that she used her car as her weapon and claims that she feared for her life and the lives of her sons Carter and Isaiah. TMZ reported at the time.
In court documents, Barnes claimed that Govan put his children and other children at school in physical danger and claimed that the twins were traumatized by the actions of their others and the subsequent arrest.
Ultimately, no charges were filed against Govan, who denied the allegations.
The restraining order at the time mandated that Govan stay at least 100 yards away from the children, seeing them for four hours once a week in the presence of a professional monitor. reported the medium in September 2018.
Govan was ordered to remain at peace when near Barnes when exchanging the children.
She was also not allowed to take the children out of Los Angeles County unless she obtained written permission from Barnes to do so under the terms of the restraining order.
The former NBA player has a $133,976.54 delinquency on Govan, TMZ reported Thursday after reviewing court documents. Photographed last October in Los Angeles.
Barnes and Govan married in 2012 and separated two years later. Their divorce was finalized in 2016. Pictured in 2013 in Los Angeles.
The former couple was photographed with their children at a July 2014 event in Los Angeles.
Govan has since been married to former LA Laker Derek Fisher; she is pictured with him and the twins in May 2016 in Los Angeles
