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Navigating the Nonsense

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 189: Navigating the Nonsense

Woman Had to Press Herschel Walker for Money

October 11, 2022 · 6:44 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“The mother of one of Herschel Walker’s children had to repeatedly press the former football star and now-Republican Senate nominee in Georgia for funds to pay for a 2009 abortion that she said he wanted her to have, according to the woman and a person she confided in at the time,” the Washington Post reports.

Said the woman: “When I talked to him, I said, ‘You need to send — I can’t afford to pay for this.’”

She said she added: “We did this too. Both of us did this. We both know how babies are made.”

“The woman, who lived in the Atlanta area at the time, said she became pregnant when she was unemployed and had less than $600 in her bank account. Walker sent a $700 check about a week after the procedure via FedEx, the woman said. The Post reviewed an image of the check that was printed on an ATM slip, with Walker’s name and an address matching where he lived at the time.”

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