Maralee Nichols took trip of the festive holiday to hit back at a social media user over a not-so-nice remark regarding her former relationship with Tristan Thompson.
The fitness model posted a photograph of herself wearing a metallic gold dress to her Instagram page on Tuesday (December 19), which she captioned, “December is my favorite month. Sagittarius season and Christmas.”
That’s when a web-based troll reportedly took to the comments section and branded Nichols a “one night stand” over her short affair with Thompson in 2021.
The mother of 1, seemingly triggered by the remark, decided to answer the commenter by stating that her situation with the basketball star on the time was greater than only a fling.
“I used to be definitely not a one night stand,” she responded in a since-deleted comment, per Page Six. “That’s a false and defamatory statement you’re making about me.”
Maralee Nichols Had Welcomed Tristan’s Third Child
In 2021, the 32-year-old filed a paternity suit against Thompson, accusing him of refusing to step up and accept his responsibilities as the daddy to their son, Theo.
She also accused the athlete, whom she attached with while he was still with Khloé Kardashian, of initially denying that their son was his.
In January 2022, nevertheless, during which era Kardashian had already conceived her second child with Thompson via surrogate, the DNA results determined that he was, actually, Theo’s dad.
“Today, paternity test results reveal that I fathered a baby with Maralee Nichols,” the daddy of three said in an announcement made on his IG Story. “I take full responsibility for my actions. Now that paternity has been established I look ahead to amicably raising our son.” He added, “I sincerely apologize to everyone I’ve hurt or dissatisfied throughout this ordeal each publicly and privately.”
Child Support Drama Ensued
Throughout 2022, Nichols continued to make headlines as her legal dispute with Thompson remained removed from over.
In March of that very same 12 months, she filed court documents, requesting child support for nearly $50,000 per thirty days. The sum was calculated based on Thompson’s annual earnings, which were believed to be around $9.7 million a 12 months.
Through her attorneys, Nichols emphasized that she didn’t have a hard and fast income and required financial support to lift Theo. She collected expenses totaling just over $20k a month, with a lot of the costs occurring after their son’s arrival.
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“I actually have made an amazing effort to cut back my spending. Previously, my average month’s expenses for clothing were in excess of $5,000 a month,” she explained within the docs, per Radar Online.
She went on to attract comparisons between her lifestyle and that of Jordan Craig, who shares six-year-old Prince with Thompson.
Maralee Nichols Had No Income Following Theo’s Birth
“[Jordan Craig] is reportedly receiving at the very least $40,000 a month in child support from Tristan [and] leads a similarly high lifestyle, including living in a $3 million mansion in Los Angeles, driving multiple luxury vehicles, taking extravagant vacations and dressing her son in designer clothes at a young age,” she claimed.
Nichols and Thompson hammered out an agreement that he’d pay almost $10K per thirty days, finally bringing the court battle over child support to an end by December 2022.
Along with that, he agreed to cover a few of her attorney’s fees while Nichols would also retain sole custody of Theo.
