Just weeks after Gloria Govan was arrested over an incident with her ex Matt Barnes, the former reality star has renewed her fight against Barnes, and his claims of embezzlement.
In new docs obtained by The Blast, Govan says she was never properly served with Barnes’ lawsuit, after he tried to do so during a child custody exchange, violating the sanctity of the swap.
Govan says she didn’t even know Barnes filed a suit against her until after a judge passed down a default judgement in his favor, in the wake of Barnes’ $300k fraud allegations against her, her brother and their parents.
As a result, Govan says she wants the judgement to be tossed, as it was never served with the docs for it.
While the process server says he served the former reality star on June 10, 2018, Govan says that is not the case.
According to Govan, the attempt went down at Starbucks in Encino, where she was scheduled to meet Barnes to exchange custody of their kids. She says the two previously agreed to keep their legal issues out of their custody exchanges, as their kids should not be involved. But, Govan says Barnes violated that agreement.
“I am a recognized celebrity due to my tenure on the television show ‘Basketball Wives’ and I have individuals follow me, or assume they know me or believe that they have a relationship with me because of my appearance on television,” Govan revealed, recalling the server’s approach.
“I also have had men inappropriate touch and harass me on innumerable occasions…Therefore, I am especially sensitive to men who invade my space, touch me without consent or otherwise try to surprise me,” she said, revealing that the server touched her shoulder, which prompted her to respond, “get the f*ck out of my face.”
According to the docs, Govan claims the man never gave her the papers or identified himself as a process server.
“It is now obvious to me that Plaintiff Barnes arranged to have me served during our custody exchange,” she said, as she remembered seeing Barnes inside his car, with their sons at the time.
She has also retained a lawyer in her defense.
