Teyana Taylor Reportedly Ordered To Pay Iman Shumpert’s $70,000 Legal Fees
Teyana Taylor was found in contempt of court and reportedly ordered to pay thousands of dollars to her ex-husband, Iman Shumpert, for his legal fees. According to Us Weekly, the Judge ruled a video uploaded to social media violated the agreed terms in their divorce judgment.
The outlet reported that both parties accused one another of being in contempt of court, with each demanding the other receive jail time, although Taylor eventually dropped her plea for Shumpert’s incarceration. Taylor’s request to find Shumpert in contempt was denied due to her and her legal team’s failure to “present sufficient evidence,” after she accused him of leaking information regarding their divorce proceedings to the press.
“It appears Taylor and her counsel failed to engage in even a minimal amount of diligence to determine whether her claim of contempt had any factual support at all before the petition was filed,” the order read per Us Weekly.
Iman Shumpert at The 2022 ESPYS held at the Dolby Theatre on July 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Photo by Christopher Polk/Variety.
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The court order also reportedly noted that Taylor refused to answer questions “inquiring about her assets and her income, further stating that such information was completely irrelevant to any issue.”
Shumpert’s request that Taylor be found in contempt for allegedly violating their parenting plan was denied as well. The judge did, however, find that Taylor reneged on the terms of the divorce agreement, citing a video uploaded to social media earlier this year. Shumpert argued that his ex-wife had the resources to pay for his legal fees, and the court ruled that she dish out “$70,000 for legal fees to be paid in full no later than 2 weeks from the” court order.
Teyana Taylor at Tyler Perry’s “Straw” New York screening held at The Edwardian Room at The Plaza on June 03, 2025 in New York, New York.
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The divorce was finalized in June 2024 after Taylor quietly filed in January 2023, a fact revealed after she went public with their separation in September of that year. In her filing, she claimed she “began to intentionally dim her light for her husband to try to have a harmonious and peaceful marriage.” In the divorce, the judge ruled that Taylor will be granted four marital properties with a total worth of approximately $10 million. Shumpert was ordered to pay a “one-time seven-figure payment” to Taylor, and will keep his Miami condo and residences in South Georgia and Decatur.
Taylor and Shumpert got married in 2016 after she gave birth to their daughter, Iman “Junie” Tayla Shumpert, in 2015. They welcomed their second daughter, Rue Rose Shumpert, in 2020.
