Jimmy Butlers secret paternity battle revealed in scathing attack on ex-girlfriend

Jimmy Butler’s off-the-court drama is not limited to swirling trade rumors.The Heat star is in the middle of a paternity battle with his ex, Kaitlin Nowak, over their three children, Rylee, 5, Brayan, 2, and Kian, 1, according to court documents viewed by The Post.Butler, 35, who’s currently on the trade block in Miami, filed a court motion requesting relief from a prior custody agreement in Nov.

2023 — when they established joint custody and agreed that Butler would pay Nowak $10,000 per month on a “temporary basis” for a nanny, according to the DailyMail.In the newly filed motion, Butler states that circumstances have changed in their time-sharing agreement and that there is no need for a nanny, especially with Rylee going to school later this year and Brayan being enrolled in preschool or childcare.Butler says he pays $55,000 to Nowak in monthly child support, and that she is “unemployed and refuses to seek employment.” The documents state that they had a prior mediation, but Nowak insists Butler pays for a nanny “on top of the tremendous amount of child support he is paying.” “If Mother is claiming that she cannot afford a nanny despite the child support she receives (which exceeds even the maximum that these children possibly could need), Father is entitled to an accounting of Mother’s use of the funds and, potentially, for the appointment of a guardian ad litem to oversee the expenditures,’ the motion states.

Butler is set to earn $49 million this year after signing a four-year contract extension, worth $184 million in 2021.Their 2023 agreement was confidential and sealed.

Butler’s lawyer Brian Karpf said in a statement to The Daily Mail, “Child support is intended for the benefit of the children and only the children.There is no justification of additional expenses here.” Karpf added that Butler is “a good dad” who “remains committed to the care and wellbeing of his children.” Nowak’s attorney Paul Leinoff said hi...