I’ll pause here while many of you stop choking on your breakfast cereal and the rest of you stop choking from laughing sarcastically.
The man in question is the infamous, Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, Tenn., who has fathered an astronomical 30 children with 11 different women by the age of 33.
Hatchett was already questioned by the court three years ago about the lack of paying child support to the mothers of his 21 children. He promised the court that he was not going to have anymore children. He lied. Hatchett has had nine more children in three years.
The state already takes half his paycheck and divides it up to the various women, which doesn’t amount to much when Hatchett is making only minimum wage. Some of the baby mamas receive as little as $1.49 a month. The oldest child is 14 years old.
Hatchett explains how he reached such a critical mass: He had four kids in the same year. Twice.
The state cannot make Hatchett stop making more babies because the man has not violated any laws. But he can be made to pay the price on not paying child support.
