Ex Of NBA Star Anthony Edwards Denies $500K Extortion Claim: ‘Downright Sick’

Ayesha Howard, Anthony Edwards

Ex Of NBA Star Anthony Edwards Denies $500K Extortion Claim: ‘Downright Sick’

Ayesha Howard is speaking out after allegations that she tried to extort NBA star Anthony Edwards with a six-figure demand.

The 38-year-old filed a declaration in Los Angeles Superior Court on August 7 as she battles Edwards over child support for their daughter. Howard denied trying to extort Edwards, calling the claim “downright sick.”

“My request for financial assistance was not an act of coercion or malice; it was a direct response to the prolonged hardship I’ve endured,” Howard said. “I am a single mother who has been left to raise a child without support, while [Edwards] frames his temporary legal discomfort as injustice, all while avoiding meaningful parental responsibility.”

 

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She also criticized Edwards’ team for allegedly dragging out the case, writing, “To continue to make such allegations with knowledge of my absence from work, lost wages, opportunities, and lack of support for almost two years, starting during pregnancy and after childbirth due to his client abandoning me during my entire pregnancy, leaving me unsupported up until this day, is offensive.”

Howard added, “Over the past two years, I’ve endured significant reputational damage, lost opportunities, and a lack of support. The efforts to distort the truth only add to the harm caused by these ongoing misrepresentations.”

Edwards’ team previously claimed Howard demanded $500,000 and a public apology to agree to a non-disparagement clause in the custody documents.

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