Chris Bosh's Baby Mama's $2 Mill "Basketball Wives" Money Grab Shut Down
BOSSIP Exclusive: Judge Shuts Down Chris Bosh’s Baby Mama’s $2 Mill “Basketball Wives” Money Grab
Allison Mathis And Chris Bosh In Court Over “Basketball Wives” Earnings
A judge nixed Chris Bosh’s baby mama’s plan to seek up to two million more dollars in her lawsuit against the baller over being fired from “Basketball Wives.”
Bosh and his baby mama Allison Mathis have been fighting for years in court over their daughter Trinity. Last year, the pair finally reached a settlement agreement in their custody and support battle.
However, the two are still battling each other in a civil lawsuit over the reality show “Basketball Wives.”
Bosh sued Mathis along with “Basketball Wives” production company Shed Media, claiming Mathis and the producers were going to infringe on his trademark and publicity rights by her appearing on the show’s third season. He demanded the show not be allowed to utter his name and his baby mama not be allowed to film the show.
The show’s producers dropped Mathis before filming started. However, Allison countersued the NBA star, claiming he ruined her deal without cause and accused him of lying to the show producers about her having signed a confidentiality clause.
A judge dismissed Bosh’s lawsuit and Mathis’ lawsuit has been in litigation four nearly four years, with both parties still battling it out over her claim that Bosh made her lose up to $250,000 by messing up her TV deal. She demanded he be ordered to pay up the money she lost in the deal. Chris denied he caused her to lose the Basketball Wives deal and said he was only looking out for his own interest.
Mathis recently headed back to court because she believed Bosh owed her a lot more in damages for allegedly ruining her TV deal. She filed docs requesting she be allowed to amend her original complaint to now seek punitive damages … which in Florida can be up to $2 million on top of the other damages she may be awarded in her case.
According to court documents, Mathis explained that during the course of the lawsuit it’s been proven that Bosh intentionally interfered with her deal for “Basketball Wives” and she demanded he be on the hook for punitive damages as well.
She said Bosh has pursued a calculated pattern of conduct over the years that was done to harass and financially oppress her. Bosh’s baby mama said he is malicious and has attempted to take custody of her daughter away over the years. Also, she said he only pays $2,685 in support despite making millions in the NBA. She said that his interference with her TV deal was another attempt to oppress her, and that was the only real chance she had to make her own money.
But Bosh headed to court Feb 18, blasting his baby mama’s attempt to collect punitive damages. He said that, “Plaintiff, Allison Mathis, is a woman with virtually no career or employment history over her lifetime who filed this lawsuit in mid-June of 2011.”
Bosh explained that he never did anything with malice and truly was attempting to protect his name and likeness from appearing on “Basketball Wives” without his consent. He said his baby mama abused the court system and is attempting to cash in even more by seeking additional damages.
The NBA star demanded her request to amend her complaint to seek punitive damages be denied.
Then on February 25th, the judge held a hearing and came back with his decision on the matter, and sided with the NBA star. The judge shot down Mathis’ motion to amend her complaint to seek punitive damages – which could be worth millions of dollars if she was allowed to sue Bosh for those claims.
The case will continue on, but Bosh won’t have to worry about being hit with punitive damages in the trial.
