Anthony Edwards is facing legal battle for paternity case

Anthony Edwards’ DNA results revealed in the NBA Court Battle with ex Ayesha Howard.

NBA star Anthony Edwards are involved in a legal dispute with his ex, Ayesha Howard, over the paternity of their newborn daughter. Ayesha, who gave birth in October 2024, has rushed to court to challenge the paternity case filed by Anthony in Georgia. The case has been complicated by an alleged DNA result that confirmed Edwards as the child’s father.

According to court documents, Ayesha submitted a proposal to reject the trial and argued that the case should be heard in California, not Georgia. Ayesha stated that she moved to California in August 2023 and has no intention of returning to Georgia. She claimed that Anthony’s decision to file the case in Georgia was a “calculated” step aimed at ensuring a more favorable result according to Georgia’s child support.

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Ayesha also claimed that neither she nor Anthony has significant ties to Georgia, and therefore the case had to be heard in California. She accused Anthony of “Forum-Shopping,” attempts to manipulate the legal process for his advantage and criticized his actions as in “bad faith” and in view of jurisdiction and principles of justice.

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The paternity suit was filed shortly after Ayesha gave birth to their daughter, where Anthony requested a DNA test to confirm his fatherhood. In his original petition, Anthony asked for a court decision to establish paternity and determine the amount of child support he had to pay if the test confirmed he was the father.

Ayesha, however, opposed to claiming that genetic test was performed with the consent of both parties, and paternity was created around December 23, 2024. She added that her daughter has lived in California since birth, and she herself is a resident of Inglewood, which Further reinforces her argument for California’s jurisdiction.

In response, Anthony pointed out that Ayesha’s business is registered in Georgia and that she had fought two previous legal battles in the Georgia court in 2018 and 2020. He argued that Georgia was the right place for the case and a judge has yet Not a decision on Ayesha’s proposal for rejection.

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In addition to the paternity case, Anthony is in a relationship with Shannon Jackson, whom he shares a daughter, Aislynn, born in 2024. Ayesha, meanwhile, has a son, Jason, with his ex, rapper Lil Baby. Edwards have also been attached to a son, Amir, from another relationship with a woman named “Ally.”

Anthony, who signed a five-year-old, $ 260 million contract extension with Minnesota Timberwolves in 2023, has continued in the limelight in the middle of this ongoing legal drama. This case follows a similar paternity conflict between the NBA Star Tristan Thompson and Maralee Nichols in 2021, which also centered on a jurisdictional struggle for the location of their case.

Currently, the paternity case between Anthony Edwards and Ayesha Howard remains unresolved, with the court yet to decide a decision on Ayesha’s proposal for rejection.