NBA Star Jimmy Butler Coughing Up 5-Figure Sum to Ex-GF to Help Her Fight Him in Ugly Court War

NBA star Jimmy Butler agreed to pay his ex-girlfriend Kaitlin Nowak a five-figure sum to help her continue fighting him in court over child support, months after slamming her for being unemployed, In Touch can exclusively report.

Per the deal, obtained by In Touch, Jimmy will wire $30,000 to Kaitlin’s lawyers that she hired to represent her in court. The amount could be used to offset any money Jimmy agreed to pay his ex in the future.

In addition, Jimmy and his ex will attend a full day of mediation, with a “mutually agreeable mediator, as soon as possible based upon the calendars of the professionals.”

Jimmy and Kaitlin agreed to meet a mediator before the end of the month.

The NBA star said he would advance the fees for the mediation.

As In Touch previously reported, Kaitlin filed a paternity lawsuit against Jimmy on October 12, 2023.

A final judgment establishing Jimmy as the father was entered in February 2024.

Jimmy said he was the father to three children: a daughter, R.M.B., born in 2019 and a son named B.M.B., born in 2022, and a second son named K.B., born in 2023. He pays $55,000 a month in child support.

The lawsuit was unknown by the public until Daily Mail broke a story about movement in the case in December 2024.

At the time, Jimmy slammed Kaitlin for allegedly refusing to seek employment. He said he had initially agreed to pay his ex an additional $10,000 a month, on top of the $55,000, for a nanny after the birth of their latest child.

Jimmy’s lawyer argued for the $10,000 a month to be terminated due to their child being 1.

He explained, “At the time of the Stipulation, timesharing had not been fully established and the youngest child was only five weeks old. Since the entry of the Stipulation and subsequent Agreed Partial Final Judgment Establishing Paternity, the circumstances have vastly changed concerning Mother’s need for a nanny.”

Jimmy said he spends 50 percent of the time with their two older children. “[Jimmy] has had timesharing with the older children for significant stretches of time, including during summer 2024,” Jimmy’s motion read.

He added, “The oldest child will be attending school in the 2025 – 2026 academic year and the middle child will be enrolled in pre-school or childcare, curtailing if not eliminating Mother’s so-called need for a nanny.”

Jimmy argued his ex could pay for a nanny out of the monthly child support.

The NBA star’s motion read, “Mother is unemployed and refuses to seek employment. With one child in preschool and Father exercising equal timesharing with the older children, there is no legitimate reason for Mother to insist both on a nanny and that father pay for that nanny.”

His lawyer said, “Neither Mother nor any of the children have health issues that would make the expenses of a nanny reasonably medically necessary.”

“No nanny for Mother is reasonably necessary when Father is exercising his fifty percent timesharing,” his lawyer argued.

“Therefore, even if the court determined that a nanny was a legitimate expense for which Father should pay, there is no basis to require Father to pay for a nanny to be with Mother when Father is exercising timesharing,” Jimmy’s lawyer added.

He continued, “It must be pointed out that Father and Mother were never married. Mother is not entitled to live as if she is married to National Basketball Association (NBA) player.”

A couple of weeks later, Jimmy asked the court to call off the hearing on his motion due to them attempting to work out a private settlement.