Michael Jordan was accused of fathering a child with Lisa Miceli, which led to his arrest after refusing to comply with the law.
Michael Jordan has a net worth ranging between .
7 billion and $2.2 billion given his financial decisions for that year.
Everything from owning an NBA team to having his own Jordan Brand affiliate with Nike, the 6x NBA champion has amassed a massive amount of wealth.
So it’s understandable when people try to get a piece of it through the legal system. This is what happened in 2004 when a West Philadelphia woman sued the Chicago Bulls legend. He did it because he claimed that he had fathered a child with her and refused to pay her alimony.
So, Jordan was asked to take a paternity test. She did it twice and both times, the tests came back negative. Despite this, she continued to insist that the child was hers.
Lisa Miceli was jailed after trying to contact Michael Jordan when she legally couldn’t
After several attempts to contact Michael Jordan, his friends and his family, the former NBA player got tired. He sued Lisa Miceli and had Crawford County Judge Gordon Miller order him not to legally contact anyone related to Jordan.
She would refuse to comply with the order placed on her, which resulted in her spending a week in jail for breaking the law.
She did the same to another celebrity, Paris Hilton, in 2009 when she filed a lawsuit against her alleging that Hilton was interfering with a relationship she had forged with a prince in Dubai. The case was quickly dismissed.
How many children does Michael Jordan have?
Michael Jordan has been the father of 5 children. While married to Juanita Vanoy from 1989 to 2006, he had 3 children with her; Marcus, Jeffrey and Jasmine.
Both of his sons never made it to the NBA, but played basketball at the college level. Jasmine for her part has a degree in sports management and works with the Nike and Jordan brands.
Michael’s two youngest children are twin daughters he had with his current wife, Yvette Pierto, Isabel and Victoria Jordan, who are 8 years old as of 2022.
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