Minnesota Vikings star receiver Justin Jefferson is going through a paternity lawsuit and allegedly pressured the kid’s mom into getting an abortion.
Jefferson and ex-girlfriend Andrea Galea filed counterclaims towards each other in Essex County, New Jersey Household Courtroom again in January, according to the Each day Mail, which obtained the paternity go well with.
Galea, a former swimmer at LSU, the place Jefferson additionally attended, have been romantically concerned in 2019 and reconnected in April 2023, based on the go well with. That month, based on Galea’s claims, Jefferson fathered her daughter, Stella, who was born in late December.
The Miami Regulation graduate is pushing for a paternity check in addition to monetary help and healthcare protection from Jefferson, moreover accusing the receiver of pressuring her to abort the kid mid-pregnancy.
In his personal criticism, Jefferson additionally pushed for a paternity check whereas demanding an injunction stopping the additional sharing of information in regards to the baby.
“Defendant [Galea] has a substantial presence and following on various social media platforms and apparently has strategically positioned herself over the last several years to become an ‘online influencer,’” Jefferson’s criticism states, per the Each day Mail.
Jefferson accused Galea of “using the [c]hild’s birth, and her assertions of the Plaintiff’s alleged fathering of the child as an apparent promotion on her various online platforms to self promote her online presence and following.” Jefferson additionally cited textual content messages between him and Galea throughout the criticism.
“In numerous transmittals to Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s family, Plaintiff’s friends, and other individuals, including but not limited to text messages, social media posts, blogs, and various internet messaging platforms, Defendant in the most unfortunate and temperate terms has and continues to announce to all the world that she is the natural mother of the child, and that the Plaintiff is conclusively the father of the child,” the submitting learn.
Galea’s submitting claims Jefferson refuses to each acknowledge and help the kid financially.
“Although he earns millions of dollars per year, Defendant has not provided a penny of financial support for the Child,” reads Galea’s criticism. “In addition to his physical absence from his newborn’s life, Defendant has unmistakably and reprehensibly evidenced a firm unwillingness to voluntarily support the Child in any capacity, be it emotionally, financially, or otherwise.”
Galea’s submitting additionally accommodates textual content messages, allegedly between her and Jefferson, debating the way to deal with the being pregnant. Jefferson reportedly questioned whether or not Galea had taken a Plan B to terminate the being pregnant.
“The more u wait the harder the situation will be that’s why I wanted to get you the planB [because] I didn’t want to be in this situation but it’s totally my fault I shouldn’t have done it in the first place,” Jefferson wrote in a single textual content message acquired by Each day Mail.
“Justin I took the plan b though it was just too late for it to be effective,” Galea responded. “Sometimes depending on the cycle unless you take it within like 2 hours it can be too late… and two people are always at fault in this. Personally I’ve never faced a situation like this…”
The go well with comes in the course of the offseason earlier than a pivotal contract 12 months for the Vikings star. Jefferson is taking part in on a $19.7 million team option to conclude his rookie contract, and he’s due for a probably market-setting extension throughout the subsequent calendar 12 months.
