# Yankee pitcher Randy Johnson balks at a car & college expenses for his "love child"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankee-pitcher-randy-johnson-balks-at-a-car-college-expenses-for-his-love-child/350308 "2006-03-28T22:04:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yankee-pitcher-randy-johnson-balks-at-a-car-college-expenses-for-his-love-child/350308/81 "2006-03-31T15:53:57Z")

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> [@furt](#):
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> …but I can only assume that **black455** and **raindog** think these parents were evil and heartless.

That’s it. Totally. In fact, I never said anything like this…

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> Anyway, I’m in agreement with everybody who says that it’s up to the courts to decide. The “mere” seventy grand doesn’t necessarily make Johnson a deadbeat asshole, and Mom seeking more doesn’t necessarily make her a gold-digging byatch.

…ever.

Oh wait. I _did_. So what are you talking about?

I just reviewed all of my contributions to the thread, and as far as I can tell, I’ve only posted my experience with tangentially relevant law, in response to other’s incorrect assertions that asking for more than 70 large for child support is ridiculous.

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