Arrest order issued for Ex-Colt Clint Session
A Florida judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Clint Session for his "willful" failure to make child support payments amounting to nearly $400,000.
Arrest order issued for Ex-Colt Clint Session A Florida judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Clint Session for his "willful" failure to make child support payments amounting to nearly $400,000. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://indy.st/1T7EswH
Stephen Holder, IndyStar Published 5:12 p.m. ET May 9, 2016 | Updated 6:42 p.m. ET May 9, 2016
Indianapolis Colts' Clint Session talks to the media Thursday afternoon at the Colts complex on West 56th Street. (Matt Kryger The Indianapolis Star)(Photo: Matt Kryger)
Circuit Judge Nicholas R. Lopane in Broward County ordered that Session be taken into custody unless he is able to make a payment of $381,912.63 for the care of his young daughter. The child, according to court documents, is "severely medically needy" and requires costly treatments.
The girl's mother, Davia Bradshaw — who lives in Florida with the child — previously indicated the child has cerebral palsy and brain damage.
It was determined in a previous court decision that Session possesses the ability to pay the sum. Session, according to the court documents, resides in the Fishers area in a 6,600-square-foot home. The home has an assessed value of $747,000, according to Hamilton County property records.
The court determined last year that Session should pay $6,917 per month beginning Jan. 1, 2015, along with back payments totaling $120,256 to be paid in the amount of $2,000 per month. Another sum of $119,417 was owed as a lump sum payment toward the "medical equipment and uncovered medical/therapeutic expenses for the child," according to court documents.
Session played for the Colts from 2007-10, earning between $375,000 and $655,000. He then signed a lucrative five-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Plagued by concussions, he was released after one year. But that contract reportedly guaranteed him $11.5 million.
Session's attorney, Marlon Bryan, told IndyStar last year that "it is untrue that he has not been supporting his daughter." Bradshaw's attorney has said the sums Session previously paid were not sufficient to cover the child's needs.
Bryan could not be reached for comment Monday.
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