Category: Cops and Courts

Cops and Courts

First-ever case is a $51K victory for children who never lived with a rich ($60M!) parent
Faried
Faried

The Kentucky Supreme Court ordered NBA star Kenneth Faried to pay $4,250 a month child support for a daughter he fathered while playing at Morehead State University.

The 26-year-old Denver Nuggets forward has been pulling down $60 million over a four-year contract extension signed in 2014, according to The Courier-Journal. But he argued through his attorney that it was unfair to require him to pay for a lifestyle his daughter does not have.

The CJ says it was the first case of its kind in Kentucky. Faired’s daughter, Kyra, now 5 years old, lives with her mother in Owingsville, Ky., where her mother earns $1,050 a month at a gas station. The verdict, at $4,250 a month, would cost the player $51,000 a year.

Cops and Courts

Louisville strip clubs and Attorney General Beshear are kicking sex traffickers to the curb

That’s according to a just-published story in LEO, which says a nationwide group, Club Owners Against Sex Trafficking, is training club operators and employees to recognize when someone is the victim of this modern-day slavery. The group includes PT’s Showclub on Market Street.

“People assume we must be involved, but we’re not,” PT’s Brian Franson told the weekly. “In fact, we’re on the lookout for human trafficking.”

And Attorney General Andy Beshear wants everyone to be on guard during Derby Week. “The Derby is one of the greatest sporting events in the world and one all Kentuckians can take great pride in,” Beshear said in a statement. “But unfortunately, there are individuals who use large sporting events like the Derby to traffic children and adults for sex and labor.”

Related: A list and map of Louisville strip clubs, plus reviews.