Diamond Brown is asking a judge to order Chris Brown to pay at least $30,000 a month in child support for their four-year-old daughter, Lovely Symphani Brown.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the model says that the singer currently pays her about $7,000 a month voluntarily.
Because she estimates his net worth at $50 million and believes his true earnings can support a higher amount, her legal team subpoenaed his business managers for bank statements and financial records, but they objected to turning them over.
In an October declaration, Diamond reported earning about $1,500 a month from social media and her work as an esthetician. In the same document, she proposed a monthly budget of more than $45,000 that included rent, food, childcare, clothing and activities for Lovely.
After details from the October filing became public, Chris Brown responded on Instagram Stories.
“I LITERALLY PAY FOR EVERYTHING, her cars(2), her HOUSE, SCHOOLING, MEDICAL, and 10K a month,” he wrote.
“You don’t give me $10,000 a month,” Diamond responded on TikTok, adding that she and her attorney had records of his payments. She alleged that he began sending her less money after learning she was dating someone and called it “financial abuse.”
She did, however, acknowledge that he has provided a home and cars, but challenged his definition of shared parenting.
“You think in your mind 50/50 parenting is set because you pay financially… No, that’s not how it works,” she told him.
“That is not all it takes to parent,” she continued. “She needs your presence. It is not the other parent’s job to make sure the other parent shows up.”
Chris and Diamond Brown’s custody dispute began in April, when Diamond petitioned for legal and physical custody of Lovely and proposed visitation for Chris. He later asked for joint legal and physical custody. Lovely, their only child together, was born on January 7, 2022.
