Bitter battle: A Los Angeles judge has ordered Jermaine Jackson to pay his ex-wife Alejandra $80,000 in back child support This is not a good start to the weekend, at least for Jermaine Jackson.
The Don't Take It Personal singer has been ordered to hand over $80,000 in missed child support payments, although he says he's too poor to pay.
Jermaine, 56, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom today battling ex-wife Alejandra Jackson over his $3,000 a month support payments for their two children, Jaafar and Jermajesty Jackson.
Michael Jackson's older brother had hoped to have the amount he pays reduced, but a judge denied claim.
Jermaine is currently about $100,000 behind, but the judge slightly lowered the amount that he will have to hand over.
Because the singer and dancer is so far behind in his payments, his California driver's license was recently revoked, but it will be reinstated if he makes a minimum payment of $5,000 on April 4.
Jermaine, who has appeared on a couple of different reality shows including Celebrity Big Brother UK in 2007, claims part of the reason he hasn't been making payments is because he doesn't have the money.
Caught in the middle: Jermaine's two sons, Jaafar and Jermajesty seen here in 2009, are at the centre of his custody battle
'The $3,000 payment; they judged that off of one show I was on, Big Brother,' he told U.S. website Radaronline.
Jermaine reportedly received several hundred thousand dollars for appearing on Big Brother.
He also made big bucks for starring on the 2009 A&E reality series The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty.
Still, Jermaine says he can't afford his his child support payments, nor does he think he should have to make them, since his ex-wife has been living rent free at the Jackson family compound in Encino, California for years.
'The problem is she's been living in the Havenhurst house for 18 years. She has never once paid a bill.'
He added: 'Justice is not justice. It is so unfair.'
As for Alejandra, she may have one this round, but her legal troubles are far from over.
She's currently embroiled in a bitter battle with Michael Jackson's estate over her living arrangement at the Encino estate.
Last month lawyers for the Jackson family appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom in an effort to evict Alejandra and her four children- two by Jermaine and two by his brother Randy.
'She has lived at the property for 20 years. We pay for everything,' the Estate’s attorney Howard Weitzman said in court.
He added: 'It’s time for her to move.'
Michael's mother Katherine has stepped up efforts to send Alejandra away, since Michael Jackson's three children moved in, but so far Jermaine's ex has refused to leave.
Alejandra and Jermaine Jackson were married in March 1995.
source;dailymail
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