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Ice-T Admits Paternity
Feb 4, 3:22 PM EST
(NEW YORK) -- Ice-T, a star of television's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," admitted Tuesday that he is the father of a Board of Education clerk's 15-month-old son and was ordered to pay $4,000 a month for temporary support for the child.
He waived his right to a paternity trial after Manhattan Family Court Hearing Officer David Kirschblum said a DNA report shows that the rapper-actor is the father of Kevin Ice Marrow.
Ice-T, whose real name is Tracy Marrow, had initially denied he was ever intimate with Linda Marie Sanchez, 27, whom he met at Jimmy's Bronx Cafe in November 2000; she sued for support. By waiving his right to a paternity trial, he in effect admitted he is Kevin's father.
Sanchez' lawyer, Suzanne Kimberly Bracker, asked for $8,000 a month, but Kirschblum awarded Sanchez $4,000 a month, pending the outcome of a trial on a final support amount.
Bracker said Ice-T, 45, who lives in a penthouse apartment in Manhattan and has a home in Beverly Hills, Calif., is supposed to start paying the support by Feb. 15.
"We're happy that Mr. Marrow has finally admitted what he has known since Kevin was born, that he is the child's father and will be assuming financial responsibility for him as he should," Bracker said.
Ice-T told the court he earns about $25,000 for each of 22 episodes a year of his television show. He also lectures a few times a year for about $5,000 to $10,000 per appearance and is starting a new clothing line called Ice Wear.
The rapper-actor said he made no records or movies in 2001 or 2002, Bracker said.
Bracker said Sanchez lives in the Bedford section of the Bronx and takes home $589 every two weeks as a clerical worker at the city Board of Education.
Kirschblum set May 1 for the next Family Court appearance for Ice-T and Sanchez.
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Snipes Sued for Mortgage
Feb 1, 9:11 AM EST
ORLANDO (AP) -- Actor Wesley Snipes has been sued for the second time in two years for failing to make mortgage payments on his 10,000-square-foot mansion in the gated community of Isleworth.
The lawsuit was filed two weeks ago in Orange County Circuit Court by Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. The lawsuit said Snipes defaulted on his payments last October and owes the bank almost $609,000.
No one answered at an Orlando telephone number listed in court records as belonging to Snipes.
Snipes was sued by the bank for $640,700 in February 2001 for failing to make his mortgage payments. Chase Manhattan asked for dismissal of the lawsuit a month later, after payments were made.
The mansion was purchased in 1993 for more than $1 million. It is now valued at $1.7 million.
L. Joseph Hoffman, an attorney for Chase Manhattan in Coral Gables, said Friday he couldn't comment on the case.
Isleworth residents also include Tiger Woods, Ken Griffey Jr. and Shaquille O'Neal.
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