A Georgia judge just handed Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards a win he probably wasn’t expecting.
On July 21, the court ruled that Edwards has to pay $3,222 per month in child support to influencer Ayesha Howard for their 1-year-old daughter, Aubri Summer Edwards. But here’s the kicker: Edwards was already paying—voluntarily. Since January 2025, he’s forked over $110,000 total, starting with a $20K lump sum followed by $5K monthly payments. The new order actually locks in a lower number than what Howard was banking on, especially since she’d been fighting tooth and nail to get this case heard in California, where child support awards typically run way higher. Edwards, who signed a five-year, $200+ million deal with the Timberwolves in 2023, made his move: he filed in Georgia and insisted the whole thing stay there. The judge agreed. Case closed.
But this ain’t just about the money—it’s about a year-plus legal war that’s been publicly ugly. Howard, known on Instagram as “Little Ms. Golden,” first filed a paternity claim in September 2024, just before Aubri was born in October. Edwards, 24, filed a counter-suit requesting DNA testing, which came back confirming paternity in December 2024. Here’s where it gets messy: Edwards immediately said he had zero interest in custody or visitation rights. He explicitly stated he wanted the proceedings to be “strictly financial in nature.” Translation: pay and go. No dad duties, no custody fights, just monthly checks.
Howard fought hard to move the case to California. She claimed Edwards had California business interests, bank accounts in Beverly Hills, and basically tried to present him as a West Coast resident. Edwards’ legal team countered that she’d chosen California specifically to inflate the support amount. They weren’t wrong—California family law typically awards higher child support than Georgia. Meanwhile, Ayesha didn’t even show up to trial. The judge noted her absence and said she provided no real evidence to back up her financial hardship claims. That hurt her case bad.
The jurisdiction battle got wild in spring 2025. One of Edwards’ other baby mamas, Alexandria Desroches (who has a son with him), actually submitted a declaration supporting Howard’s argument, saying Edwards was sending her voluntary payments from a Beverly Hills account. That detail was supposed to prove Edwards had California ties—but it didn’t swing the judge. He stuck with Georgia.
This case is the clearest window into Edwards’ messy personal life right now. He’s got at least four kids with four different women. His main girlfriend is Shannon Jackson, with whom he shares daughter Aislynn (born March 2024). He’s got Aubri with Howard. He’s got a child with Alexandria Desroches. And there was a confidential settlement with Daja Carlyle over their daughter Aris (born September 2023). Ayesha’s also the mom of Lil Baby’s son, Jason. It’s a lot. Edwards is 24 years old, already a three-time NBA All-Star and Olympic Gold medalist, and his personal legal docket reads like a soap opera script.
The $3,222 monthly order actually signals Edwards’ bigger victory here: he kept this in Georgia where he had leverage, sidestepped California’s higher awards, and basically locked in a structured payment system that means no more court fights about money. Ayesha didn’t appear at trial and didn’t make her case—a massive L for someone who’d been publicly posting about the situation for over a year.
The 16BARS take: Edwards played the jurisdiction game smarter, got a cheaper ruling, and now Ayesha’s stuck accepting the Georgia number she was trying to escape. Sometimes in family court, geography is destiny, and Ant-Man just proved it.
