Warrant Issued for Bengals’ Copeland
A judge ordered an arrest warrant issued for Cincinnati Bengal defensive end John Copeland for failing to appear at a contempt hearing on why he hasn’t paid $82,000 in child support.
Copeland, the Bengals’ No. 1 draft pick in 1993, did not appear at the Hamilton County Juvenile Court as ordered, after which Magistrate Allen Miller ordered the arrest warrant.
A Cincinnati woman, Gina Freeman, 28, alleges in court papers that Copeland fathered her child, who was born Dec. 30, 1994. Court records do not say if the child is a boy or a girl.
Copeland declined comment.
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