DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Tailgate Forum Antonio Cromartie; the new Shawn Kemp

Cornerback Antonio Cromartie — traded by the Chargers last night to the Jets — failed to appear in court twice for different traffic tickets and hasn’t paid $799 in traffic-related fines, adding to a string of traffic and financial problems for him recently.

He is scheduled to appear in San Diego Superior Court later this month for a judgment debtor’s exam related to child support he owes one of the mothers of his children.

Last month, the Union-Tribune reported Cromartie, 25, was past due on about $25,000 in child support, according to court records and a local attorney.

Cromartie has at least seven children with six different women in five states. All children are under 6. Cromartie was cited for a red-light violation last December and owes $499, plus $300 for failure to appear in court on the charge, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. He also failed to appear in court after getting a ticket for driving while talking on his cell phone in March 2009, according to the DMV. It’s unclear what he owes for the latter offenses. Additionally, in April 2008, he was convicted of failure to obey a traffic sign.

Cromartie applied for a California driver’s license in 2006 but "never passed the written portion" of the application, so he was never issued a license, according to the DMV . Because of his unpaid fines, he’s not eligible for a license even if he does complete his application.

Cromartie signed a five-year contract in 2006 with $7.35 million guaranteed.

His attorneys and another Cromartie representative didn’t return messages seeking comment.

He has been named in at least five paternity suits in the past three years.

An attorney for one of the mothers of his children recently filed a court document that prevents him from buying or selling any property without first making sure he’s current on his child support.

“My client has every hope and expectation that Mr. Cromartie will honor his responsibilities to his children and live up to his court-ordered responsibilities,” said Steven Bishop, a certified family law specialist representing one of the mothers. “She keeps receiving promises, but she can’t feed her child with promises.”

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/05/cromartie-dmv-child-support-chargers/

It's no surprise he's at the heart of the academic scandal at FSU.

This is a sad situation. I hope he gets his act together.

And he's only 25 years old.

7 children with 6 different woman?

This tells me two things

- He gets a lot of action.

- The women he sleeps with know exactly how much he's worth and will stop at nothing to get their hands on his fortune.

And he's headed to New York.....Thats a perfect fit......

I'm not sure Cromartie is up to Santonio Holmes's level quite yet.

What's Santonio's level?

I'm not sure but I did find this message board:

http://niketalk.yuku.com/topic/49834

I got a good chuckle

Wow - that's a sad list.

Just looked uped Travis Henry, 11 kids! Wow! Almost $200k in child support payments...