What do Olympic Gold Medals, Bankruptcy, and Child Support all have in common? Gabby Douglas, the 16-year-old gymnast who awed the nation with her spectacular performances in the London Olympics. Newspapers have attacked Gabby lately because of her family issues.
Earlier this year Gabby’s mother filed for bankruptcy after accumulating nearly $90,000 in unpaid debt. Questions are popping up now because young Gabby is being offered cereal box jobs and other similar advertising positions, like many other Olympic winners. While bankruptcy is a valid option for families that cannot catch up with their bills and are struggling to stay afloat, people are upset about the bankruptcy so soon before Gabby won gold (and all the perks that come with it). Regardless, Gabby’s new fame will set her, and likely her family, up for a comfortable life.
In other news, Gabby is being asked about her dad, whom she claims left when she was 9. With it being “child support awareness month,” newspapers are all over Gabby about her father’s inability or unwillingness to pay child support. Her parents have been separated for 7 years but were just recently divorced. Gabby’s dad has allegedly paid little or no child support since Gabby was 9, leaving Gabby’s mother to struggle to support the children and Gabby’s expensive gymnastic lessons. The family is suggesting that the lack of child support is a leading factor in the bankruptcy.
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