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Safaree Samuels and his ex-wife Erica Mena are now in a legal battle after he requests a judge in Georgia to lower his child support payments. According to documents obtained by InTouch, the couple reached a settlement back then in 2022, however, Samuels, in June 2023, filed a petition to reduce his monthly payment.
According to Samuels, his income has changed because he is not appearing as a full- time cast member on love & hip-hop, Atlanta. He also claims his job bookings have gone down as a result of Mena’s direct actions. In the suit, he is claiming Men’s referring to him as a “deadbeat” to her millions of followers has resulted to him booking fewer jobs since the majority of his fans are female.
“At the time of the Divorce, the Petitioner was a main realty talent for ‘Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta;’ yet he is no longer a full- time talent on ‘Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta.’ Further, at the time of the Divorce, the Petitioner was also booking appearances and generating an income from such appearances. The Petitioner is no longer able to accept the same level of booking engagements to date,” Samuel’s recent filing reportedly asserts.
“[Erica] for nearly six (6) consecutive months has made public posts on her social media platform to her over six (6) million followers referring to [Safaree] as a ‘deadbeat’ and attacking his parenting skills without reason. Additionally, [Erica] has created confusion regarding [Safaree’s] efforts to secure new employment by harassing the [Safaree’s],potential costars and or coworkers via multiple phone calls to the potential coworkers, and production disparaging [Safaree] with false claims,” the filing reportedly adds.
In the new petition, he stated he no longer makes $61,000 per month and there has been significant change in circumstances regarding the custodian arrangements as well. He claims he typically keeps his children for 3 to 4 days at a time instead of the 12 days prescribed. Samuels claims that Erica’s income has increased, therefore requesting the judge to make Mena pay his legal fees.
