DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki has filed court papers seeking sole custody of his former girlfriend's unborn child should genetic testing proves he's the father.
The June 12 petition, obtained by the Beaumont Enterprise newspaper and posted on its Web site, has since been sealed.
Crystal Taylor, arrested May 6 at Nowitzki's Dallas home, has repeatedly said he is the father. Neither is specifically named in the document, but the petitioner is identified as "D.N." and the respondent as "C.T." Her attorney told the Beaumont newspaper that she knew the documents had been filed but declined comment.
Taylor is in the Jefferson County jail in Beaumont. She is accused of paying for almost $11,000 in dental work with a credit card she didn't have
permission to use.
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Link to the petition: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/06-09/0619dirkpetition.pdf
Nowitzki
wants custody of Cristal Taylor's 4th child
According to the Beaumont Enterprise newspaper, court filing notes that Dirk Nowitzki may be expecting his firstchild.
Nowitzki's former girlfriend Crista Ann Taylor, the woman that was recently arrested at Dirk Nowitzki's home, named the NBA Star as the father of her unborn child and a paternity test has been ordered by the court.
And if paternity tests show that the 7-0 German is the father, Nowitzki has filed for full custody of the unborn child.
The AP reports that though "…neither Nowitzki nor Taylor is specifically named in the petition… the petitioner is identified as 'D.N.' and the respondent as 'C.T.' "
Taylor was arrested at the Nowitzki home on May 6 and was administered a pregnancy test when she was booked into the Dallas County jail after her arrest last month and the test came back positive, The Dallas Morning News has reported.
Crista Ann Taylor's History Exposed
The yet-to-be-born child is reportedly Taylor's fourth.
Gerrick Fallon, a roommate close to the situation says that the 38-year old already has three biological children from three different fathers. All three are now teenagers, an 18-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl, and Taylor has little to no involvement in raising them.
"(Taylor's) mother always took care of the children because Cristal was either incapable or unwilling to take care of them," Fallon said. "Because she was always [in trouble] or on the run."
She is being held at the Jefferson County jail in Beaumont, Texas. Taylor has been jailed from accusations that she paid off almost $11,000 in dental work with a credit card she didn't have permission to use. She also faces a probation violation charge in Missouri.
Taylor is scheduled to return to court July 24 for her trial.
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