Anthony Edwards has accused Ayesha Howard in court of trying to publicly embarrass him into paying a child support settlement for his daughter Aubrey.
According to court documents filed Wednesday and obtained exclusively by Page Six, the Minnesota Timberwolves player claimed that Howard “orchestrated a coordinated media campaign” to “pressure” Edwards into reaching a financial agreement.
After Page Six exclusively reported earlier this month that Howard filed documents alleging that Edwards “deliberately” hid assets to avoid a child support determination in California, the NBA star’s legal team claimed that she worked to “manufacture media exposure as leverage against Anthony.” (Edwards’ attorney did not respond to Page Six’s request for comment on the allegations.)
The documents claim that each of the allegations “gives (Howard) another peg for media coverage that publicly shames Anthony, exposes his minor children, and leaves Anthony with five- and six-figure legal fees.”
“The outrageous nature of this campaign has been publicly confirmed,” the document claimed.
In the filing, Edwards claimed that multiple media outlets reported that Howard “required” several preconditions to resolve the ongoing child support dispute, including a one-time payment of $500,000. Financial support for living. A public apology was then posted on all of Edwards’ social media platforms.
“These are demands by litigants who use the court process as a pressure tool to force private settlements that the courts will not order,” the document alleges.
“The complaint, the media campaign, the parallel litigation in two states, the refusal to submit to discovery, and the refusal to mediate are all designed to make the cost of defense so prohibitive that Anthony will pay whatever Ayesha demands to stop it,” the document alleges.
Additionally, Edwards, 24, argued that Howard does not reside in California, where he filed for child support, and may have never lived in the state.
The “Starting 5” star is asking the court to further seal the lawsuit’s requests to prevent prejudice and protect her one-year-old daughter, who “cannot consent to the public release of her full name, medical details, and intimate circumstances at the time of her birth.”
Page Six reached out to Edwards’ attorney and Howard for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
As Page Six previously reported, Howard claimed in court documents that he had “discovered evidence” proving the professional basketball player has a “substantial and continuing business and economic presence in the State of California.”
Edwards, a mother of two, claimed in her filing that she has registered a business LLC and business trademark in California, conducts business and operations in the state under business infrastructure principles, has a bank account in Beverly Hills, and has current and past sports agency agreements with California-based sports representatives.
Howard asked a California court to renew the Golden State’s original child support order, alleging that Edwards “intentionally” concealed assets and affected an earlier judgment regarding personal jurisdiction.
In October 2024, Page Six exclusively reported that Edwards had filed a paternity and child support complaint in Georgia the month before.
After learning of Howard’s pregnancy, the Olympic gold medalist reportedly cut off any further contact with her and urged her to “get an abortion.”
The Instagram model, who also has son Jason with rapper Lil Baby, revealed that she gave birth to a baby girl named Aubri in October 2024.
Edwards also has a daughter, Aislinn, who was born in March 2024 with girlfriend Shannon Jackson.
The shooting guard has not publicly acknowledged his daughter Alice, 2, with Daja Carlyle, and son Amir, 2, with Alexandria Desroches, but both are said to be the father.
