The Curious Case of a Dirtbag

Former NFL running back Travis Henry's story is well documented. He is the man who has fathered nine children with nine different women.

The New York Times was able to catch up with Henry as he is in between court cases disputing how much he has to pay in child support to each women.

“They’ve got my blood; I’ve got to deal with it,” Henry said of fiscal responsibilities to his children. He spoke by telephone from his Denver residence, where he was under house arrest until recently for the drug matter.

Henry had just returned from Atlanta, where a judge showed little sympathy for his predicament during a hearing and declined to lower monthly payments from $3,000 for a 4-year-old son.

Three days after the telephone interview, he was jailed for falling $16,600 behind on support for a youngster in Frostproof, Fla., his hometown."

The story of how he conceived all these kids are the best.

"His eldest child was conceived while Henry was in high school, before he was named Mr. Florida Football and a Parade All-American. The child was unplanned as were all but one of his offspring, he said."

"Two relationships while he attended the University of Tennessee produced two more children. Attending the annual N.F.L. rookie symposium as a 2001 draft pick of the Buffalo Bills, Henry watched a skit that dramatized the repercussions of imprudent sexual activity. It might as well have been geared toward him."

This cat had three kids before he even graduated from college. I don't know about you, I am barely responsible enough for myself, let alone three kids.

The best part of this story, is that he thought the women were using birth control so he didn't have to.

"Henry maintained that he was involved long-term with many of the mothers. Some, he said, told him they were using birth control, and he professed surprise at discovering they became pregnant by him.

“I did use protection at first,” he said. “Then they’d be saying they’d be on the pill. I was an idiot to trust them. Second or third time with them, I didn’t use it. Then, boom!”

All I have to say only an idiot would have sex with a women, who he barely knows, and not use a condom. He has three kids already and it didn't dawn on him to start using protection.

Now he can't afford his child support payments.

"At the latest child-support hearing in Atlanta, Henry testified vaguely that sizable cash withdrawals were connected to his criminal matter, not to any conspicuous consumption for himself.

In an interview, Robert Wellon, the lawyer who represents the mother in Atlanta, Jameshia Beacham, characterized Henry as spending “like there was no tomorrow,” thus depriving the children of money.

Henry is seeking to modify child-support obligations. Some mothers and their lawyers will have none of that, saying he has squandered a small fortune on luxuries like cars and jewelry."

This guy had all of these kids and can't even afford them? Should I be surprised? Look I know athletes like fancy things. But you have to pay for his kids.

To quote Jim Rome, "If you can't afford kids, why have kids?" Henry should have learned his lesson from his first three bastard kids. If you have nine kids, all by accident, then you are just an idiot.

I have no sympathy for this guy and you shouldn't either.