Media personality and former NFL star Cam Newton has returned to court, demanding full custody of his children and claiming his ex, Kia Proctor has “substance abuse issues” which prompted his decision.
According to reports, the former Carolina Panthers quarterback filed a petition last Friday (November 6) in Fulton County Superior Court requesting full custody of the four children he shares with Proctor – Chosen (born 2015), Sovereign-Dior (2017), Camidas (2018) and Cashmere (2019). Currently, Newton pays $7500 a month in support along with his joint custody rights.
In the filing, Cam Newton expresses that he has concerns about Proctor’s behavior, claiming that she has refused to bring their children to joint activities and that her issues with substance abuse has played out around the children.
He even alleged that Proctor’s actions have led their children to be late for school, and that she has cut his access to them during her scheduled weeks of co-parenting. Newton has even alleged that Proctor isn’t interested in building relationships between the children and their half-siblings. Newton has five other children from other relationships, making nine in total including two with actress Jasmine Brown.
This is the latest episode of conflict between the two dating back to 2020, when the former ESPN commentator first filed for joint custody, paternity and parental visitation. Proctor countersued for primary custody, but the two settled in 2022. Newton would take Proctor to court again in July 2023 to regain ownership of a 2017 Bentley Bentyaga.
The two had been a couple during the bulk of his NFL career, from 2013 to 2020. Proctor has not responded publicly to the filing. Newton has been candid about their relationship, expressing his mindset in an episode of his Funky Friday YouTube series from 2022 with influencer Brittany Renner. “I wasn’t prepared to be a husband then,” he said at the time.