Hunter Biden is trying to reduce his child support payments for his 4-year-old love child by claiming a substantial change in his “financial circumstances,” according to court documents.
President Biden’s son, 52, has asked an Arkansas judge to recalculate child support payments to 31-year-old Lunden Roberts. daughter’s mother she never metAccording to Monday’s court filing obtained by Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette,
Hunter cited “a substantial material change” in his “financial circumstances including but not limited to his income” as the reason behind his request.
It was not immediately clear what had changed Hunter’s income.
His Texas-based attorney, Brent Langdon, who signed the motion, said reforms to child support guidelines in Arkansas in 2020 were behind Hunter’s push to review his payments.
“Like many other individuals whose child support obligations were calculated prior to the new guidelines taking effect, Mr Biden has asked the court to review existing child support determinations and establish the amounts of child support that comply with current guidelines and circumstances. asked for.” Langdon said in a statement.
Hunter’s motion was filed in Independence County, where Roberts – a former stripper – Lives with her daughter Navy Zone.
Roberts’ attorney, Clint Lancaster, was quick to cast doubt on Hunter’s monetary status — and vowed to look at his financial records.
“Ultimately, we’ll need to take a deeper, more in-depth look at Hunter’s finances,” Lancaster said. “I want to make a statement with Mr. Biden. Like last time, I’m going to bring my forensic accountant to the statement, unless the judge tells me I can’t.
He continued: “Unless he pays me to go to California to take his statement, he will have to come to Arkansas.”
Hunter’s claim of financial distress comes after he published a tell-all memoir in April last year that detailed his drug and sex-fueled past.
The first son even started selling his paintings – and took off at least five of them $75,000 per pop Before being shown at the New York City Gallery.
However, this is not the first time Hunter has portrayed himself as cash-strapped With Roberts in her child support battle.
After Roberts filed a paternity lawsuit in 2019, Hunter argued in an affidavit that he could not make child support payments because he had broken up, insisting that he was “significantly more likely” from his divorce with ex-wife Kathleen. Debt”, with whom he shares three children.
“I certify that I am unemployed and have no monthly income since May 2019,” Hunter wrote.
Hunter, who initially denied having sex with Roberts, later settled out of court after a DNA test confirmed that the little girl was his.
A preliminary injunction was filed under the Seal to Child Support in March 2020 before it was amended four months later. It is not clear what changes were made.
The pair met while Roberts was working at a strip club in Washington, D.C., around the same time that Hunter was dating Hailey Biden, the widow of his older brother Beau.
Hunter married his second wife, Melissa Cohen, just weeks after splitting from Hailey – and the couple later welcomed their son, Beau Biden Jr., in March 2020.
The child support battle comes as federal investigators continue to investigate Hunter’s financial and business activities when his father was vice president.
As a result of their access to attractive financial opportunities, Uncovered text message from Hunter’s infamous laptop indicated that he often covered the family’s expenses – and gave 50% of his earnings to his father.
“I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for 30 years for this whole family,” Hunter told her daughter Naomi in January 2019. “It’s really hard. But don’t worry, unlike Pop, I won’t give you half my salary,” he added, in reference to his father.
There is no direct evidence of such money transfers to the laptop, but shows he was regularly on the hook for household expenses, including repairs to Biden’s home in Wilmington, Dell.