Mustafa Billiat was nearly detained yesterday for failing to pay monthly upkeep of his six-year old child.

The 56-year-old father to Warriors sensation, Khama, appeared before Harare Civil Court magistrate Nyasha Marufu seeking downward variation of $500 maintenance.

Billiat’s application hit a brick wall for he absconded court on the day his estranged wife, Cynthia Jordan successfully applied for an upward variation from $160 per month to $500.

Billiat has been defaulting, leaving him in arrears of $770. “Court will not take your application into consideration since you have not been paying the amount agreed, leaving you in arrears.

“…Look after your child and pay all what is due or face arrest,” said Magistrate Marufu.  

Billiat left the court in the hands of police and he had to plead with them to be set free and settle the arrears through an electronic transfer. He was given the chance to settle the ‘debt’ and was released.

The elder Billiat’s issues comes just a week after his son a Kaizer Chiefs star and Zimbabwean footballer Khama dragged to a South African police station by a baby mama for failure to pay maintenance for his 9-month-old child.

The maintenance drama started when his baby mama demanded he pays for his child, something he used to do but suddenly stopped after demanding DNA tests to prove the child was his.

The situation became tense as the 23-year-old baby mama got incensed and stabbed Khama Billiat on his hand, causing minor tissue damage.

• Source: H Metro plus own additional reporting.