Former Yankee Alex Rodriguez’s new flame Jennifer Lopez has clashed with his ex-wife Cynthia Rodriguez over how much he ponies up in child support, sources say.
It’s Jenny from the block vs. Cynthia from the cul-de-sac.
J-Lo, known for her pricey baubles and five-figure exotic-skinned Birkins, not only attended a Sept. 13 mediation in Miami between the retired slugger and his ex, but the “Dinero” singer inserted herself into their sensitive child-support negotiations, multiple sources told The Post.
J-Lo’s presence blindsided Cynthia, sources said, with the A-lister going so far as to force A-Rod out of the room when Cynthia was present.
The legal proceeding quickly devolved when Lopez insisted that Rodriguez, who earned more than $400 million in his MLB career, should only have to pay $10,000 a month in child support — a pittance compared to the reported $100,000-plus he’d been doling out monthly to support his young daughters Natasha and Ella, sources said.
The mediation was to continue the next day, but was scuttled after the first day’s contentiousness.
“She’s driving the bus,” one source said of 49-year-old Lopez’s influence on the former steroid-using Bronx Bomber.
Mediations are confidential, and both Cynthia and her attorney, Maurice Kutner, would not comment on the proceeding.
But after TMZ reported that A-Rod is looking to “drastically” reduce his monthly child-support payments, Cynthia Rodriguez agreed to talk to The Post about her recent frustrations with her ex, and what she calls the “unsettling” turn their post-divorce relationship has taken since J-Rod — the nickname for Lopez and A-Rod — became an item last year.
“All I can tell you, there’s been a shift, and I’m not sure what to attribute it to,” said Cynthia in a rare public interview last week. “Alex has dated some wonderful women since our divorce, many of whom have had positive relationships with our children. Alex and I have worked well trying to create a stable environment for our daughters and there has never been an issue. Until now.”
Source: Foxnews
