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So Sad: Families Of Jovan Belcher And Kassandra Perkins Are Battling Over Custody Of Baby Zoey

Apparently money may be a big factor . Via NewsOne : More than a month after Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher shot and killed girlfriend Kassandra Perkins, before killing himself at Arrowhead Stadium, the families of the couple’s daughter are engaged in a fierce custody battle… Currently, four-month-old Zoey Belcher is living with her maternal relatives in Texas, according to a lawyer for Cheryl Shepherd, Belcher’s mother. Two weeks prior to the murder-suicide, Shepherd had moved in with her son’s family. She also received custody of Zoey shortly after the shooting, and filed a legal petition to be named her granddaughter’s guardian and conservator of her estate in Jackson County Probate Court Dec. 14. However, Zoey is no longer in her paternal grandmother’s care, according to Gretchen M. Gold, Shepherd’s lawyer. “Cheryl agreed to temporarily allow the maternal relatives (to) take Zoey to Texas for her mother’s funeral,” Gold wrote in an e-mail to a probate commissioner. But Zoey has yet to be returned to her paternal family side. “The maternal relatives have now ceased communicating with Cheryl Shepherd and have refused to return her calls or return the child to her care.” That is because Zoey’s maternal grandparents have filed a lawsuit seeking temporary custody, the girl’s relocation to Tarrant County, Texas and a guardian ad litem for her best interests. The hearing for that case will take place Jan. 22. Gold says that if the hearing does occur, Shepherd will be present and ready to fight. “We intend to fight the matter in Texas on Jan. 22 if that hearing takes place,” she wrote. According to the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, Zoey’s legal guardian or estate is set to receive over $1,000,000. This includes $108,000 per year over the next four years. The fifth year would garner $48,000; $52,000 would continue coming in each year until she becomes 18. Should Zoey attend college, she would continue receiving that amount until she turns 23. Zoey could also stand to receive additional financial support from a trust by the Kansas City Chiefs and public contributions. Hopefully both families can work things out. Images via Instagram

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So Sad: Families Of Jovan Belcher And Kassandra Perkins Are Battling Over Custody Of Baby Zoey

Jennifer Aniston Totally Pregnant Too, Tabloid Claims!

How do you raise the made-up celebrity gossip bar if you’ve already made Kate Middleton pregnant a dozen times before she actually was, and then it turns out she is? Claim Jennifer Aniston is also pregnant, of course! In Touch Weekly , everybody! FINALLY! The two most anticipated celebrity babies have been conceived! Only one of them has actually had an egg fertilized, of course. For Kate, who is feeling better but still hospitalized with morning sickness , pregnancy is no joke. For Jen, it still sort of is. She is engaged and happy with Justin Theroux, but don’t expect a baby anytime soon. Expect her instead to laugh this off as usual. The celebrity gossip tabloids have, about 125 times now, made Jennifer Aniston pregnant, and for 125 times and counting, her rep has shot them down. The actress herself even poked fun at this trend in a Smartwater ad. So meta. Although that bump does look pretty good on her. Get crackin’ Justin! Jennifer Aniston Security Tapes Leaked

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Jovan Belcher 911 Call: Released, Horrifying

The frantic 911 call placed by Jovan Belcher’s mother after the NFL player’s girlfriend was shot Saturday has been released, and is not for the faint of heart. Belcher’s mother begged her son’s dying girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, to stay alive while pleading for an ambulance shortly after the athlete shot her. Jovan Belcher 911 Call “She’s still breathing but please hurry,” a distraught Cheryl Shepherd says on the recording of her 911 call with Kansas City emergency dispatchers. “I don’t know how he (inaudible), they were arguing, please hurry.” She also is heard encouraging Kasandra Perkins to stay alive. “Stay with me, the ambulance is on the way. Stay with me Kasandra, stay with me,” Shepherd yells, adding that the bleeding Perkins is “just barely” awake. When a dispatcher asked about Belcher, Shepherd says only: “He left.” When police arrived at the couple’s home at about 7:50 a.m., they found Perkins’ body on the floor of the master bathroom with multiple gunshot wounds. The Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, 25, had murdered Perkins, 22, at their home, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and shot himself in the head. He and Perkins have a three-month-old child. Jovan Belcher ‘s suicide took place in front of Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli and Coach Romeo Crennel. The tragedy has set off widespread debate – and even a strong Bob Costas gun control statement – and turned the NFL world on its head for the past week. Our hearts go out to Cheryl and her grandchild.

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