Dawson’s Creek alum Joshua Jackson has been accused of failing to pay child support to his ex-wife Jodie Turner-Smith.
In a new court filing filed Monday, Dec. 23, Turner-Smith, 38, claimed Jackson, 46, failed to pay child support to their 4-year-old daughter, Juno Rose Diana Jackson. My Weekly.
Agency the actress stated in the submission that Doctor Odyssey the actor “promised to always support me and made sure I wouldn’t have to worry about our daughter’s financial security if we ever split up because he said he understood how hard life can be for a black woman and a single mother.”
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She wants her ex-husband to pay $8,543 “per month retroactive to the date of her first filing,” $28,641 in spousal support “while their divorce is still pending,” and $250,000 in attorney fees.
Turner-Smith filed for divorce from Jackson in October 2023 due to “irreconcilable differences,” reports E! News. Their separation date was listed as September 13, 2023. The couple had been married for four years after tying the knot in a private ceremony in August 2019. In April 2020, they welcomed their daughter.
“When I came on the scene, I was secretly married and I was secretly pregnant,” Turner-Smith said Bustle in December 2022. “And that was the story for people. I think a lot of it was because I was married to a white man. And I was married to a white man who was in the public eye for decades and you know, there was somebody, about to whom the tabloids like to talk.”
In February 2024, she still had positive things to say after their separation The Sunday Times“Sometimes the things we really want to work just don’t work. And that’s okay. The most important thing is that you choose what’s healthiest for you and your family, and definitely your kids.”
Since Jackson’s divorce, Dr. Death the actor was spotted with actress Lupita Nyong’o, among others, on a romantic vacation in Mexico in early 2024. However, in October 2024, Nyong’o confirmed that she was single. Harper’s Bazaar UK.
