Ex-NBA player with at least 8 kids files for bankruptcy

Former NBA player Jason Caffey had two kids with his wife before she filed for divorce in Fulton County last year.

He also has had a slew of children — at least six others — with other women around the country, in and around Atlanta as well as in Alabama, Louisiana and Illinois.

Most went to court and got hefty child-support orders from Caffey while he was making millions playing professional basketball. Once he left the NBA in 2003, though, Caffey's well of cash dried up like the shores of Lake Lanier.

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"He's a deadbeat," said another attorney, Clarence Roby Jr., who is representing a Louisiana woman who had two of Caffey's children. "If you choose to procreate and have children coast to coast and you don't take care of those children, you're a deadbeat."

It's not clear exactly how many children Caffey has fathered — and his lawyer's not telling.

"It's more than I have and fewer than what Evander Holyfield has," said Altman, who has two children, compared to 11 for Holyfield.

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or moms for that matter.

Working for years in education, I can't tell you how many stories of heartbreak I encountered where mostly the dad, and sometimes the mom - simply up and left or refused to pay a dime in child support. That act of selfish behavior effects an entire generation of a family's life.

Deadbeat parents are selfish cowards - period!

This NBA player fits the bill perfectly. Making millions but abandoning his kids to be raised by the women he impregnated ( I assume) while he is out f--king around. What a jerk! I hope if the authorities dig a bit; they will find plenty of hidden assets they can distribute among his kids.

and this won't be popular, but many if not most of the women involved share a portion of the blame---imo, women need to stop throwing common sense out of the window and STOP being fangirls jumping out of their clothes at the first whiff of any mid/lower level pro athlete...Caffey has no one to blame but himself, but these women were NOT helpless victims in all of this...

to prevent him from having unprotected sex with others? I see your point, of course, but any one woman is only responsible for her own behavior.

Boy were they wrong!