Atlanta judge slams Allen Iverson's parenting skills
Allen Iverson wasn't the best dad, according to custody agreement.
Atlanta judge slams Allen Iverson's parenting skills
Molly Eichel, Daily News Staff Writer
Philadelphia 76ers Allen Iverson heads back downcourt after the Sixers were called for an offensive foul on the New York Knicks during the fourth quarter in NBA basketball action Friday, March 31, 2006, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Sixers won, 117-112. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
An Atlanta judge put Allen Iverson in time out for his subpar parenting skills. Former Sixers great Iverson officially split from Tawanna Iverson a couple weeks ago, but TMZ has details on Iverson's custody agreement and the judge doesn't mince words when it comes to Iverson's parental history.
[Iverson] does not know how to manage the children; has little interest in learning to manage the children and has actually, at times, been a hindrance to their spiritual and emotional growth and development.
For example, he has refused to attend to an obvious and serious alcohol problem, which has caused him to do inappropriate things in the presence of the children while impaired. He has left the children alone without supervision.
He has left his young daughters in a hotel room with men who are unknown to the mother.
Tawanna has full custody of the kiddies, while Iverson has visitation rights, although he has to abide by strict rules, including abstaining for alochol for 18 months (after the period is over, he can't drink for 24 hours of seeing his kids), attending AA meetings and seeing a shrink.
Tawanna and Allen have five children together and had been married since 2001.
Recently, Iverson has sought to rejoin the Sixers, but Bob Cooney thinks that Iverson should keep his memory intact, but remaining a memory.
Comments (59)
This guy reminds me of Deshawn Jackson!— quigly46- He was popular because he embodied the neighborhood bad guy, bad parent, bad husband, bad drinker, bad role model, bad tipper, ungrateful bad apple MAKING IT! If he can make it, than any derelict can!— Yankel
- quigy6 No way is DeShean Jackson like AI. DeShean still lives at home with his mom in Moorestown!!! Now if your talking about McCoy then ur in the ballpark.— mainstreet
- It's the tatoos! Must be affecting his brain!— procol33
- How long before we see Iverson selling roses on the bridge ramp where you come off 95 going to the stadiums?— joeygolf
- did Tawanna tell you dat?
KING~out
P.S. the guy that compared Desean Jackson to AI is an idiot. There's no comparison at all. Desean, although may be immature and stubborn, has NEVER done the things me, myself and Iverson has done. Desean gives of his time endlessly to battle bullying and provide hope to so many hopeless. Use the comments section to take any and all necessary shots, just know what you are talking about.
— thee~KING - In other words, Allen Iverson is a moron. Is there something here we didn't already know?— JohnnyL
- "Parenting? We talkin' about parenting, man"— richojr
- What does that say about his wife, after years of the drama she is still with a loser. lol— Gattacca
- What does that say about his wife, after years of the drama she is still with a loser. lol— Gattacca
- Don't worry, AI somehow spent it all, or close to it. Could he have actually gone thru $500m? Sure looks that way. Believe Yawanna managed to stash a few mill along the way.— PhillySubsMac
- I know this guy is a bad father. Maybe it's the example that his father set for him that he is following. Opps, his dad wasn't around; didn't provide for the family; nowhere to be found. So here you have a guy that grew up in the streets, barely a parent around, and you expect him to be the model of parenting. Are people really that stupid. He doesn't know how to be a good father and that's not surprising. The fact that people think he would be is more surprising to me. And I don't care how many parenting classes you take, that's not going to make you a real parent. What this guy needs is to learn how to be a functioning adult; something that giving you millions of dollars doesn't do. Maybe he needs better people around him or maybe he just needs to set up his alimony and child support; but what he doesn't need is a bunch of people trying to judge him when their lives are all together.— rwmsjr
- When he was making billions of dollars for the NBA in tickets sales and merchandise they tolerated his behavior. That was the time the league should have sat him down and set some guidelines. He was exploited and used from the first time he bounced a basketball. he was told he was a star from the age of 10 years old and he never had to grow-up. now because he never learned proper decision making skills he's criticizes and laughed at.How many of you could come from his background, born in the projects, single mother, thrown in jail, placed on Georgetown univ, drafted number #1, given millions of dollars and succeed all at the age of 21— southside24
- southside...All you seem to mention is excuses as to why he can't be a "responsible" adult. — jerryk2b
- THE JUDGE SAYS YOU NEED 2 PRACTICE BEING A BETTER PARENT, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT IVERSON DID IN FRON OF THE JUDGE BANGING THE HAMMER, PRACICE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE— PHILLIES & GMAN FAN 4 LIFE
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