Orlando, Fla. — A paternity suit seeking $100,000 per month, minimum, from Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera will be decided solely by Florida circuit court judge Alan S. Apte, it was determined during a Monday hearing at Orange County Courthouse.
Cabrera has two children outside his marriage: A 5-year-old boy and a girl who turns 3 in May. According to court documents, their mother, Belkis Mariela Rodriguez, who lives with the children in a $1 million home in Orlando that Cabrera helped finance, says Cabrera was paying $20,000 per month in child support and mortgage costs until he abruptly cut back last year in deference to his wife, who had filed for divorce and has since withdrawn the petition.