Terrell Owens Missed Hearing

Looks like Terrell Owens is in deep trouble yet again.  TO is currently behind on his child support $20,000 and could face jail time for the missed payments.  TO was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday but did not show up for the hearing upsetting County Judge John Goger according to WSBTV.com.  Owens' attorney David Hartin accepted blame for TO missing the hearing claiming that he did not communicate with Owens about hearing.

Terrell Owens had agreed to pay Melanie Page Smith, mother of his 7-year old daughter, $5,000 per month and has not made a payment in several months.  Judge Goger reset Owens hearing for this Thursday and Owens is facing jail time if he does not show up for the rescheduled hearing.

"It's a tragedy, not only that we are here today; this is the third case she [Smith] has had to file in the last year.  We are hoping next week the case will come to a resolution and Mr. Owens will pay and pay every month." -Randy Kessler, Smith's Attorney

I hope that TO gets his act together, I'm sure he doesn't want to be remembered as the guy that didn't take care of his kids.  Of course these situations will not overshadow his play on the field, but the fact that these cases are being played out in the public eye is very sad, especially with his kids getting to the age to where they can understand what is going.  Let's hope that Owens will take care of his responsibilities from this day forward.

UPDATE: Owens paid the $20,000 he had missed avoiding the jail time he was facing from missing his child support payments as well as the hearing last week.