Brittany Jackson denies racism, says she's mother of Albert Haynesworth's 7th child

After former University of Tennessee football star Albert Haynesworth alleged racial and physical abuse by former Lady Vols basketball standout Brittany Jackson, Jackson released a statement saying, “Accusations of me being racially biased are absurd.”

In the statement provided to the Knoxville News Sentinel late Thursday, Jackson begins by saying she is “saddened and humiliated” by Haynesworth’s recent Twitter tirade against her, “the mother of our beautiful child.”

Haynesworth alleged in a series of tweets Wednesday that Jackson called him the n-word “on numerous occasions” and became violent “where more than 10 times in Tennessee and Florida I, me, Albert called the police to restrain her.”

The former 6-foot-6, 320-pound defensive tackle posted another tweet Thursday night, apparently referring to renewed criticism over reports he said, "I don't even like black girls," when accused of sexual assault by a Washington, D.C., waitress in 2011.

"Let me get something straight everybody can understand!!! I love ALL women!!! As long you are a beautiful REAL WOMAN trust me I'm trying to smash!!!" Haynesworth wrote, using a slang term for having sex.

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Jackson: 'I am the mother of Albert's 7th child'

Jackson's statement says she and Haynesworth are involved in litigation and that, "(I)t is critically important to our child that albert (sic) begins to focus on being a good and supportive father. This is a very difficult time for me and our child.

“Shockingly enough finding out I am the mother of Alberts 7th child, I do not feel I need to stoop to make public his true conduct. As for the domestic accusations, I can not comment at this time due to current litigations but the truth always surfaces.

“Accusations of me being racially biased are absurd. Come on albert we lived together for over 2 years and have a beautiful biracial baby that I love more than anything in this world!”

Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw — who helped the Lady Vols win three championships in the 1990s and has known both Jackson and Haynesworth for years — weighed in on the controversy in a phone interview Thursday afternoon, calling Haynesworth “a cool dude” and Jackson an “amazing mom.”

"Being a part of the Tennessee family, I love both of them," Holdsclaw said.

“I’ve never been around them where I’ve seen crazy moments involved in their relationship. I just didn’t like hearing the fact that people were calling Brittany a racist. That’s the only thing I have to argue.”

Holdsclaw described Jackson as “a conscious individual” who “has a lot of friends of all nationalities.” Calling someone "a racist," she said, "carries such a negative perception,” and, “Brittany definitely doesn’t add up to any of that.”

A history of child-support disputes

TMZ Sports reported Wednesday the former Vols' conflict became public when Jackson accused Haynesworth of skipping child-support payments. TMZ didn't specify when or how those allegations were made.

It wouldn’t be the first time those kinds of charges have been leveled against Haynesworth. Court records show he’s been embroiled for years in a slew of child-support disputes with various women.

During divorce proceedings in 2009, Stephanie Haynesworth alleged her husband had missed child-support payments and threatened to stop paying altogether, records filed in Williamson County Chancery Court show. The couple had two children together, a boy and a girl, before splitting.

In 2010, Silvia Mena sued Albert Haynesworth for $10 million in Brooklyn Supreme Court. The former dancer claimed Haynesworth impregnated her, then abandoned her after he learned she was expecting.

Most recently, on Monday, Haynesworth failed to appear in Knox County Juvenile Court and was ordered to pay attorney fees and lost wages for Amanda Crigger, according to a court order obtained by the News Sentinel. Crigger is the mother of Haynesworth's oldest child, a 16-year-old boy who Crigger said lives with Haynesworth in Nashville.

If Haynesworth fails to appear in court on Nov. 30 to explain his absence on Monday, a warrant could be issued for his arrest, the order reads.

An Income Withholding for Support form says Haynesworth owes Crigger a total of $1,680 in child-support payments for July, August and September. According to Crigger, he once failed to pay for an entire year.

"This is what he does. He has women in and out of court," Crigger said in a phone interview. "His whole life is in and out of court."

Crigger said she's never spoken to the media about Haynesworth because she feared retribution.

"I just tried to forget about it, to forget about him because he’s just out of control."

Three alleged mothers declined to be quoted by name when contacted by the News Sentinel, citing either advice from their attorneys due to ongoing litigation or concerns about privacy for their families.

Haynesworth hasn't responded to a USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee request for comment.

Previous arrests, financial troubles

Jackson and Haynesworth are no strangers to controversy. Each has earned a reputation for violence and legal troubles over the years.

Jackson was arrested twice in the span of a few weeks in 2010.

She and her younger sister, Lindsey, both pleaded guilty to charges of simple assault stemming from a fight with a woman on the Tennessee Wesleyan College campus in Athens.

Twenty-two days later, Jackson was arrested on a DUI charge after she reportedly crashed into another vehicle at a traffic stop in Cleveland, Tennessee, then tried to leave the scene.

Jackson later apologized to the victim in the assault case. She apologized again through her attorney following her DUI arrest.

Haynesworth, who spent a decade in the NFL from 2002-2012, including seven seasons with Tennessee Titans, famously kicked the helmet off Dallas Cowboys' offensive lineman Andre Guorde and stomped on his face in 2006. Haynesworth was ejected and suspended for an unprecedented five games.

He apologized to Guorde, and the two later became friends.

Off the field, Haynesworth picked up an assault charge in 2011 for allegedly punching a man during an alleged road rage incident in suburban Washington, D.C. The charge was dropped after he paid an undisclosed settlement.

Later that year, he pleaded no contest to a charge of simple assault in the case involving the alleged groping of a D.C. waitress.

Haynesworth in February 2009 signed a $100 million, 7-year contract with the Washington Redskins, then played less than two seasons for the team. He was guaranteed a record $41 million.

That year, he was slapped with a multi-million-dollar lawsuit following a high-speed crash while driving his Ferrari that partially paralyzed a Tennessee man.

Haynesworth also faced financial troubles resulting in a lawsuit against his Knoxville-based financial adviser John Verble and investment brokerage Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

After retiring from football, Haynesworth brought BurgerFi, a Florida-based burger chain, to Knoxville's Cumberland Avenue. That location is now closed.

Reporter Travis Dorman can be reached at 865-342-6315 or at travis.dorman@knoxnews.com. Follow him on Twitter @travdorman.