Tyrese Gibson was arrested in Atlanta after attending a court docket listening to relating to baby help of his and ex-wife Samantha Lee’s 5-year-old daughter, Soraya.

Gibson, 45, was taken into custody on Monday, September 9, on the Fulton County Superior Courtroom after Decide Kevin Farmer discovered him in contempt for nonpayment of greater than $73,000 in baby help, in keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

The actor was ordered to pay $10,690 a month in baby help in 2022. When he appeared in Fulton County Superior Courtroom on Monday amid his authorized battle, the choose mentioned he may keep away from jail time if he pays $73.525.73 to his former partner inside 48 hours, per the order of incarceration. That sum consists of $7,500 in authorized charges that Lee beforehand paid.

Gibson, who break up from Lee in 2020, had been making the partial cost of $2,200 in baby help month-to-month, in keeping with TMZ, which was first to report the information. Gibson’s funds quantity to only underneath 25 p.c of what he was ordered to pay in 2022.

Us Weekly has reached out to Gibson’s group and Fulton County Police Division for remark.

The Quick X star predicted his incarceration over the weekend, claiming in a since-deleted Instagram publish that “Samantha’s lawyer Adam Gleklen and William Alexander who’re besties with the choose Kevin M Farmer” have been responsible of “[collusion].”

Gibson wrote within the Sunday, September 8, publish, “We’re APPEALLING [sic] ALL OF HIS RULINGS AND ALREADY HAVE TRIED TO GET THIS JUDGE THROWN OFF THE BENCH TWICE,” in keeping with THR. “The second time we tried to get him recused from the bench. [He actually denied his own request to be thrown off the bench] …think about that???” he alleged of the choose.

“It’s fairly clear that they hate my guts, however I need to remind them and every little thing about my life and my success,” Gibson added. “I’ve labored my ass off since I used to be 14 years previous to get right here. #FamilyLawCourts are the WORST TOWARDS FATHERS.”

Gibson and Lee have been married for 3 years earlier than Lee filed for divorce in December 2020. The exes launched a joint assertion about their break up that very same 12 months, calling the breakup “a painful and important growth in our lives.” (Along with his and Lee’s daughter, Soraya, Gibson is the daddy of daughter Shayla, whom he shares with ex-wife Norma Mitchell.)

Two years later, Gibson confronted off in court docket towards Lee. On the time, choose Farmer dominated that Gibson ought to’ve been paying his ex-wife $10,690 a month in baby help courting again to 2020 when she filed for divorce. The choose decided that Gibson owed a again cost of $169,000, throughout that listening to, which he has not absolutely paid.

Earlier this 12 months, Gibson solely advised Us Weekly that he was channeling his heartbreak from the messy break up into new music. “It’s crucial album I’ve ever completed in my profession,” Gibson defined in June. “It’s about my divorce. And it’s about discovering the sweetness that I discovered in my ache. That’s why it’s referred to as Stunning Ache.” His album dropped final month.