Overview

• Excerpts from Federline’s memoir say he received $20,000 a month in child support and $20,000 a month in short‑term alimony after the divorce.
• He writes that the combined payments “didn’t stretch” in Los Angeles once security and a lifestyle comparable to their mother’s were factored in.
• He recounts learning of Spears’ divorce filing from TV producers in Canada, with his lawyer later confirming it, according to published excerpts.
• Spears responded on X accusing him of gaslighting and profiting off her, while Federline told Us Weekly that money is not the motive for his book.
• Coverage notes reported increases to child support around 2018 and that payments ended in November 2024, and it highlights new allegations about Spears’ parenting contained in the book’s excerpts.