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Beyonce's Dad Headed To Court Showdown With Love Child Baby Mama Over Unpaid Child Support

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Dec. 11 2013, Published 7:08 a.m. ET

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Beyonce's father Matthew Knowles will face off with his baby mama Alexsandra Wright in an L.A. court on Friday, Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned, over allegations that he's several months behind on child support payments for their son.

Knowles and Wright conceived the child while he was still married to Beyonce's mom, Tina Knowles. Though he eventually divorced Tina, he has had little to do with the child, Nixon, since his birth in 2009. In fact, as Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively reported, he has never even met the boy.

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“I find it kind of odd that somebody that’s proven as somebody’s biological father has never ever seen their son,” Alexsandra Wright's brother, Jonathan Wright told Breaking Celebrity News exclusively. “And when they’re a wealthy individual, it’s odd that they would be a deadbeat dad.”

According to reports, Knowles is currently more than three months behind on his child support payments. (He did not respond to a request for comment.)

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Wright released a length statement in August detailing her struggles to get Matthew to pay up for the past year.

“My family and I have exhausted every non-legal avenue to urge Matthew to be a responsible father and to follow the stipulated ju