Mos Def has appeared in court over his failure to pay child support for his two daughters with Maria Yepes-Smith. The hip hop star was originally ordered to pay $10,000 a month in maintenance, but has paid around $8,000 a month since that order was made.
Def, real name Dante Smith, said that his obligations to three other children meant that he was not able to meet the terms of the order, and also argued that the payments should be reduced because Yepes-Smith had gone back on her agreement to home-school the girls. "I'm the only person who's providing for my children," he told the judge.
Yepes-Smith's lawyer Karen Blaustein, however, says he should have more than enough to support all his children, given his upcoming appearance in new film '16 Blocks', telling the New York Post on Wednesday: "I've been seeing him in these commercials with Bruce Willis for his new movie. I'm sure he made enough money to pay his child support for his 7 and 8 year old daughters."