Wife Wants $100M Redskin to Pay Bills, Stay Away

Haynesworth goes to Tennessee for divorce hearing

FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Albert Haynesworth's wife is asking a Tennessee judge to force the Washington defensive tackle to pay up their debts going back to April 2008 and also wants a restraining order as part of their divorce case.

The motion filed Sept. 17 had been scheduled for a hearing Tuesday in Williamson County Chancery Court. The motion was continued until Oct. 13.

Stephanie Haynesworth charges Haynesworth recently threatened to stop paying temporary support that she received only during June, July, August and September of this year. The motion alleges he also told their daughter's preschool he would not be paying her monthly tuition and refused to pay an approximately $4,000 veterinarian's bill for the family dog -- a charge Haynesworth authorized.

Haynesworth signed a seven-year, $100 million contract with Washington in the offseason. The Redskins said Monday that Haynesworth was in Tennessee for an MRI on a sore hip and personal business.

Attorney Joanie Abernathy, who is representing Stephanie Haynesworth, did not immediately return a message left at her office. The attorney representing Albert Haynesworth also did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press.

Haynesworth's wife filed for divorce in March 2008, citing irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital conduct. She originally asked for alimony and custody of their two children plus his oldest son, whom she had cared for since 2004.

Worried that Haynesworth will be "enraged" by the motion, she asks to be able to testify about the need for a restraining order to keep him from "texting, calling or coming around her for any reason."

Her motion seeks Haynesworth to pay up debts that include her credit card and jointly owned property in which foreclosure notices have been received. She asks for at least $6,000 cash per month for support for herself and three children and that Haynesworth be ordered to keep their debts current until their divorce case is finalized.

This isn't the only legal case in Tennessee involving Haynesworth. A Nashville man sued him in May for causing a December car crash that left him needing hip replacement surgery. Corey Edmonson is asking for $7.5 million in compensatory damages and punitive damages of no less than 25 percent of Haynesworth's $41 million in guaranteed money from his Redskins' contract.

"Very sad for his family, but not surprising given Haynesworth's track record," said Edmonson's attorney, Jon Perry. "Like Mrs. Haynesworth and the kids, Corey also can't pay his bills because of Haynesworth."
 

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