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Tigers' Miguel Cabrera should be fined — or jailed — ex-mistress says

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As Miguel Cabrera fights to reduce his child support payments to an ex-mistress, the woman's lawyer is seeking to hold him in contempt, claiming the Detroit Tigers MVP has disobeyed a court order involving their two children.

Cabrera should be fined or locked up, the lawyer argued in a Thursday court filing that claims the Tiger slugger is dragging his feet in complying with a judge's March 21 child support order.

Specifically, an attorney for Belkis Rodriguez, the Orlando woman who had a 5-year affair with Cabrera that produced two children, claims that Cabrera has not complied with the following requirements:

u25ba Pay her $89,581 in back child support in full by May 1, or over time.