Music producer and R&B singer Mario Winans is late on his child support payments again, allegedly owing his son Jordan’s mother, Janel Bennett, $15,950. We’re told an emergency court hearing is set for Thursday, the thirteenth time Winans has been called into court in a battle that’s gone on since 2007. “There is no excuse for this,” Bennett tells us. “Mario disappears. He always claims he can’t afford Jordan . . . My attorney has been trying to reach [him] now for a couple months.” Bennett was initially given $4,500 a month but lowered it to $2,500 when she thought Winans, who has other children with his wife, Joy, was having financial problems. “We found out the truth and heard he was living very well,” Bennett says. “So we had a mediation and agreed to lower it to only $3,500.” Winans, whose mother Vickie is a gospel singer, has worked with Lil’ Kim, R. Kelly, 98 Degrees, Jennifer Lopez and P. Diddy. “I just want justice for my son,” Bennett says. Winans’ rep did not respond for comment.
Music producer Mario Winans singing the blues
