Miguel Cabrera and Belkis Mariela Rodriguez (Rodrigeuz photo from Facebook)
Miguel Cabrera and Belkis Mariela Rodriguez (Rodrigeuz photo from Facebook)
Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera is getting far more publicity off the field than on.
His ex-mistress, Belkis Rodriguez, 35, is sparring with him in court in Orlando over child support, and details are coming out. She was getting $20,000 a month in child support for her two children he fathered during their affair. The boy is 5, the girl is 2 1/2.
But in 2017, he reduced that to $15,000.
Rodriguez argues that, given his $30 million a year salary, Cabrera can afford $100,000 a month under Florida child support guidelines, Tresa Baldas of the Detroit Free Press reports.
The latest court documents also show that Miggy has showered his ex-lover with perks including a trip to Europe, $5,000 children's kid birthday parties and a $9,000 Disney Cruise.
Additionally, he provides a Range Rover and $3,000 a month to visit her father in Venezuela, and a Range Rover.
Rodriguez agreed to have Rosangel Cabrera, the player's wife, attend settlement talks to keep things amicable, records show -- though she took a jab at Cabrera's wife in court documents, claiming the baseball star only cut her child support by $5,000 to appease his wife who discovered the affair and filed for divorce.
"It is important to make clear to the court that (Cabrera) ... only ceased paying this amount not because he believed it was inappropriate for the support of his children .. but instead in order to appease his wife in an attempt to halt the divorce proceedings," Terry Young, Rodriguez's lawyer, writesd in a filing. "These minor children should not be penalized because their father's wife is angry that he chose to have a relationship with their mother and otherwise support them over the years, as he rightfully should have done."