If the rumors are true, Los Angeles Lakers star Dwight Howard will be a father for the fifth time. Captain WAG reports Howard is expecting a baby with girlfriend Christine Vest.
According to the report, Vest was spotted at a Lakers game looking pregnant — like "late second trimester pregnant."
If Vest is indeed pregnant with Howard's child, the 27-year-old will allegedly have five children by five different women. If there really are four other baby mothers, they have been quiet in the media thus far, except for Royce Reed.
Reed, a former VH1 "Basketball Wives" star, is currently in a legal dispute with Howard for sole custody of their child, Braylon. Howard won a defamation suit against her in 2010 after she made remarks about him on the VH1 show, violating a court order that prohibited her from mentioning him in the media. TMZ recently reported in November that Reed is seeking $100,000 to cover her legal fees in the custody battle.
If the rumors about a fifth baby are true and drama is to follow, it couldn't come at a worse time.
The Los Angeles Lakers are down one game in the NBA playoffs to the San Antonio Spurs. With All-Star Kobe Bryant out with a torn Achilles tendon, the burden of leading the team falls on Howard's shoulders. Howard, still recovering from back surgery last summer, recorded 20 points and 15 rebounds in a 79-91 Game 1 loss to the Spurs.
If the Lakers get blown out of the first round, baby drama is not the only issue that Howard will have to face this summer.
