Former Major League outfielder and DH Danny Tartabull earned nearly $33 million over the course of a 14-year professional career, according to Baseball-Reference.com
And according to the L.A. County Child Support Services Department, Tartabull, who last played with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1997, owes about a quarter-million dollars in unpaid child support for his two sons, making him the most wanted deadbeat dad in Los Angeles.
Tartabull’s oldest son, Zach, was a two-star wide receiver recruit in the class of 2010 and is now a model. His younger son, Quentin, is a three-star defensive back recruit in the class of 2014 and has verbally committed to Cal.
Per the poster below, Tartabull entered a no contest plea on Jan. 24, 2011, to a violation of Penal Code Section 166(a)(4), which is "willful disobedience of the terms as written of any process or court order or out-of-state court order, lawfully issued by a court, including orders pending trial."
Tartabull then failed to meet the terms of his probation and didn’t show up to serve a 180-day jail sentence last year. There has been a warrant out for his arrest since May 2, 2012.
The $276,204.93 Tartabull owes in child support payments represents less than one percent of the 1991 All-Star's career earnings, so one would think his delinquency is a matter of laziness or indifference, not lack of funds.
But then again, this wouldn’t be the first time a professional athlete burned through an absurd amount of money, either.
Maybe he’s just waiting on his latest Seinfeld and Married... With Children royalty checks to cash.
And according to the L.A. County Child Support Services Department, Tartabull, who last played with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1997, owes about a quarter-million dollars in unpaid child support for his two sons, making him the most wanted deadbeat dad in Los Angeles.
Tartabull’s oldest son, Zach, was a two-star wide receiver recruit in the class of 2010 and is now a model. His younger son, Quentin, is a three-star defensive back recruit in the class of 2014 and has verbally committed to Cal.
Per the poster below, Tartabull entered a no contest plea on Jan. 24, 2011, to a violation of Penal Code Section 166(a)(4), which is "willful disobedience of the terms as written of any process or court order or out-of-state court order, lawfully issued by a court, including orders pending trial."
Tartabull then failed to meet the terms of his probation and didn’t show up to serve a 180-day jail sentence last year. There has been a warrant out for his arrest since May 2, 2012.
The $276,204.93 Tartabull owes in child support payments represents less than one percent of the 1991 All-Star's career earnings, so one would think his delinquency is a matter of laziness or indifference, not lack of funds.
But then again, this wouldn’t be the first time a professional athlete burned through an absurd amount of money, either.
Maybe he’s just waiting on his latest Seinfeld and Married... With Children royalty checks to cash.
