Ne-Yo Refuses To Pay Alimony And Demands Joint Custody Of Children With Estranged Wife

According to recently obtained court documents by Radar Online, singer Ne-Yo demanded joint custody of his three children, whom he shares with Crystal Smith and refuses to pay alimony to her. He rejected Smith’s request for primary custody and wanted permanent alimony. 

Ne-Yo began by stating that he’s an “active and loving father to his children.”

The court documents relayed that “[Ne-Yo] asserts that he is financially, physically, and emotionally capable of serving as a joint physical custodian of the parties’ three minor children alongside the [Crystal].”

He affirmed that he had nothing against paying child support for the three kids, but he was entirely against paying spousal support to his ex-wife, Smith. He stated that she was still in a position to make contributions for herself despite Ne-Yo’s higher financial footing in his career.

Ne-Yo said, “[Crystal] possesses the considerable ability to procure stable and consistent employment at this current time and following the dissolution of the marriage.”

The “So Sick” singer didn’t oppose being the richer of the two of them and even claimed that “he has been solely responsible for the mortgage and maintenance of [their] property since the date of purchase.”

The singer alleged that he maintained all three properties they own because Smith was “formally unemployed at times during the marriage.”

Ne-Yo said that whatever revenue Smith made was from association with him.

Another demand that Smith made was for the singer to cover her legal fees, which Ne-Yo also rejected. The court document read, “[Crystal] requests that [Ne-Yo] be solely responsible for any and all debts and obligations independently acquired by [Ne-Yo] and that [Ne-Yo] hold [Crystal] harmless for any such debts or obligations,”

The court proceedings come after Smith made it clear that there was no chance for reconciliation with Ne-Yo after TMZ approached her at the Los Angelos Airport. She continued to say at the hearing that she “is entitled to a divorce from [Ne-Yo] upon the ground that the marriage is irretrievably broken with no hope for reconciliation.”