US R&B Singer and Actor, Tyrese is in in court for a divorce hearing, where he outlined that he does not want to pay his wife, Samantha Lee, spousal support, and is requesting that the couple’s prenup be enforced.
The Actor also requested joint physical and legal custody of the couple’s three-year-old daughter, Soraya Gibson, as well as final say on non-medical emergencies for the child.
Tyrese claimed that Samantha’s request for $20,000 in monthly child support was “unreasonably high.”
Furthermore, the Los Angeles born star wants to keep the pair’s 2016 Range Rover.
However, he is willing to let Samantha hang onto one of the couple’s other SUVs: a 2017 Land Rover Discovery.
Samantha filed for divorce from the six-time Grammy nominee in September 2020, and claimed Tyrese had locked her out of the house. He has denied the accusation.
The musician pointed to “being raised in broken homes with no example of what being a husband or father is” as contributing to the demise of his second marriage and claimed “black families and marriages are under attack” at the time.
Tyrese said in a separate statement that he and Samantha, who he met in 2015, will “remain the best of friends and strong co-parents.”
The star also has joint custody of 15-year-old daughter Shayla Somer from his two-year marriage to Norma Mitchell, which ended in 2009.
The Fast & Furious star and Samantha, who holds a Master’s degree in social work, secretly tied the knot on Valentine’s Day in 2017.
Samantha uses her degree to help fight sex and human trafficking, as well as campaigning to provide counselling for inmates, according to TMZ.
