Nate Dogg’s Ex-Girlfriend Pleads For Child Support For 17-Year-Old Son as Late Rapper’s Family Continue to Fight Over Fortune
Oct. 24 2023, Published 2:44 p.m. ET
Nate Dogg’s ex-girlfriend has rushed to court pleading for child support for the late rapper’s son Jayden.
RadarOnline.com has obtained the petition filed by Shereda Williams, Jayden’s mother, in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Shereda said her son is currently 17 and will turn 18 on April 8, 2024. She was granted sole physical custody of the child.
In the filing, Shereda said Nate was ordered to pay her $4,358 per month in child support in 2006.
The musician died on March 15, 2011.
In 2013, Shereda said the court approved her being paid $3k per month. However, she said there was a mistake with the court order and she’s now at risk of losing the payments.
She has pleaded with the court to order Nate’s estate to pay her the support.
Nate died without a will in place. He had six children. He was married to a woman named LaToya Calvin at the time of his death.
LaToya nominated herself to be the administrator of Nate’s estate. Nate’s children fought LaToya’s attempts to take control of their father’s finances.
Nate’s son Naijiel Hale accused LaToya of being responsible for the car accident that left the rapper severely injured. He claimed Nate suffered strokes as a result of the crash that eventually led to his death.
Naijiel’s mom Rhoda supported her son’s opposition. TMZ reported she told the court that LaToya didn’t even attend Nate’s funeral.
The family said Nate had been separated from LaToya before his death. In court documents, they said the rapper filed for divorce 19 days before he passed. The divorce was never finalized.
In 2012, the family revealed Nate owned real estate worth $350k. The rapper owed $150k on the home which left $200k to be divided between his children.
Earlier this year, LaToya filed court documents demanding a judge allow the sale of Nate’s music catalog. She accused the current administrator of refusing to take offers presented to the estate seriously.
“No less than 4 parties have expressed interest in purchasing either the entire music catalog or in many cases a percentage of the rights, with management control,” she said.
She continued, “The latter option in particular (in addition to full sale options) should be explored, because she is informed and believes it would both yield substantial immediate case for all the heirs, but also involve a better ongoing professional management team which should improve and increase the performance of the remaining unsold income producing shares that are not sold for all the heirs.”
A judge has yet to rule.