A Tennessee man who has 22
children by 14 women is being
sued in what might be one of
Nashville’s most expensive child
support cases, according to CBS
affiliate WTVF.
In an interview outside court,
Orlando Shaw said he loves all of
his kids and considers himself a
good father — it’s just that he
can’t afford to pay child support.
Visit WTVF for more details.
Gawker noted that the 33-year-
old appeared to have “lost count”
of how many kids he has during
an interview. On the whole,
Shaw appeared to be both
unapologetic about his
circumstance and unprepared to
tackle its steep financial
challenges.
“I was young and ambitious, and
I love women,” Orlando Shaw
told WTVF. “You can’t knock no
man for loving women.”
His past partners might beg to
differ, as they have taken Shaw
to court over “tens of thousands
of dollars” in unpaid support.
Shaw said his criminal record
makes it difficult for him to find
gainful employment. If he isn’t
able to pay, Shaw may end up in
jail again, according to WTVF.
Although it is a matter serious
enough for the women to take
Shaw to court, various media
outlets have picked up Shaw’s
story from a humorous angle.
Hypervocal observed that Shaw
has fathered “two starting
football teams’ worth of kids,”
ranging from infants to age 18.
(If that age is accurate, it would
mean Shaw had his first child
when he was only 15 years old.)
Meanwhile, Guyism had a cruder
assessment of Shaw’s
predicament:
“If we were being honest, though,
his rationale for how this
happened would be ‘I love
women…but I hate pulling out.’
Remember kids, that extra two
seconds of joy can cost you your
whole life.”
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