Tristan Thompsonwill not get his chance to rebut Maralee Nichols' paternity claims in Texas.
Nichols' paternity suit against Thompson, which was filed in Los Angeles, is still pending. She is suing the NBA athlete for pregnancy-related fees and child support.
Attorneys for Thompson did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
Thompson has disputed the paternity of the child, who wasborn on Dec. 1.
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The dismissal of Thompson’s suit in Texas means the paternity case will likely be handled in L.A.
In her previous response to Thompson’s filing in Texas, Nichols said, “Tristan’s threatened invocation of Texas law is puzzling, as this child will never reside in Texas for purposes of a custody determination. Tristan does not live in Texas, Maralee does not live in Texas and resides in California, and the child will be born in California. When born, California will be the ‘home state’ for any custody action; Texas will have no custody jurisdiction.”
Thompson previouslydeniedhaving sex with Nichols in California, claiming that the “only” possible date of conception for the child is March 13, 2021, which is his birthday. In previous court documents, Nichols said the child was conceived in April.
Tristan Thompson.Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty
In March 2021, Thompson was publicly dating Khloé Kardashian. A source previously told PEOPLE that theKeeping Up with the Kardashiansalum, 37, and Thompson officially split in June. The exes share a 3-year-old daughter True. (Thompson is also dad to son Prince, 5, whose mother is ex Jordan Craig.)
Also in his court document, Thompson claimed he only communicated with Nicholsvia Snapchat, the photo messaging app that automatically deletes messages after they’re read, and repeatedly asserted that his relationship with Nichols was “based on sex only.”
“We did not have any dates in the traditional sense at any time; there were no dining at restaurants, going to movies, traveling or any other indicia of a normalized relationship,” he said. “There was only Snapchats of ‘where’ and ‘what time’ we would hook up and what hotels would be used.”
Thompson also claimed the Snapchat messages that Nichols included in the court filings, and alleged were from Thompson, could be false based on the sender. He cited that the messages show the sender as “TT,” not his username “@blkjesus00.”
The athlete has requested a paternity test for Nichols' newborn.
As for Thompson’s relationship with Kardashian, asource recently told PEOPLEthat they are “focusing on co-parenting” True.
“Khloé is moving on,” the source said. “Tristan and Khloé have been broken up for a while, and things are okay between them.”
source: people.com
