“Despite news reports stating otherwise, Tristan Thompson has done nothing to support their son. He has not made any attempt to meet their son nor has he provided any financial assistance,” Nichols' representative says in a statement sent to PEOPLE on Tuesday. “In the future we hope that reporters covering this situation contact us to confirm any facts before publishing.”
The statement comes afterreportsthat the Sacramento Kings player is paying thousands of dollars to Nichols as well as the two other mothers of his children:Jordan CraigandKhloé Kardashian.
A representative for Thompson did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Last month, Thompson, 30,confirmed he was the fatherof Nichols' child after previously disputing the paternity.
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Maralee Nichols and Tristan Thompson.Maralee Nichols/Instagram; George Pimentel/Getty
“Today, paternity test results reveal that I fathered a child with Maralee Nichols. I take full responsibility for my actions,” he wrote on his Instagram Story at the time. “Now that paternity has been established I look forward to amicably raising our son.”
He also apologized publicly to Kardashian — with whom he was in a relationship when Nichols said the child was conceived.
“Khloe, you don’t deserve this. You don’t deserve the heartache and humiliations I have caused you,” he added. “You don’t deserve the way I have treated you over the years. My actions certainly have not lined up with the way I view you. I have the utmost respect and love for you. Regardless of what you may think. Again, I am so incredibly sorry.”
Maralee Nichols/Instagram
One day after Thompson confirmed that he is the father of Nichols' child, a source told PEOPLE thatKardashian is moving onand “wants to focus on her own happiness.”
As for finding love again, the insider said Kardashian “can’t imagine dating right now,” adding: “But her family knows that she will meet the right guy when she is ready.”
Prior to fathering Nichols' son, the athlete was already a parent to daughter True, 3, whom he shares with Kardashian, and son Prince, 5, whom he shares with Craig.
source: people.com
