A married Army football coach isn’t doing his duty when it comes to his ailing toddler love child, legal papers charge.
Capt. Clarence Holmes, 32, has paid only a pittance in child support to his 22-month-old son, Grayson Logsdon, and has refused to add him to his health insurance — and now the boy’s mom can’t pay for a $2,000 surgery to help the boy talk, her lawyer told The Post.
“At a time when Capt. Holmes’ young son needed urgent medical care, he went AWOL,” said Nicole Logsdon’s lawyer, David Mejias.
Logsdon was 18 when she first met former star player Holmes in Tampa in 2008, Mejias’ legal papers say. The two had a romantic relationship and when she got pregnant in June 2009, he allegedly told her he was excited to become the father of her child.
What the No. 2 all-time leader in sacks for Army allegedly didn’t mention was that he was married and had three kids — with one more already on the way with his wife.
Mejias said his client didn’t find out the truth until Grayson was 4 months old, and the defensive-tackles coach for the Black Knights was still refusing to add him to his insurance. Adultery can be a punishable offense in the Army.
Logsdon tried to get insurance for herself, but her Medicaid was cut off because she hadn’t filed for any kind of support from the dad, who a DNA test showed was Holmes, the filing says.
That forced Logsdon to sue because the toddler’s tongue condition — he has extra skin that impedes his ability to talk — is hurting his development and making it harder for the mom to find insurance that will cover the procedure.
“The child has problems speaking and will continue to have extreme difficulty until he gets the proper medical attention,” said Mejias, who intends to file the paternity petition in Orange County Family Court — which covers West Point — today.
Holmes, 32, could not be reached for comment, and reps for Army did not return calls and e-mails for comment late yesterday. The team has its big annual showdown with rival Navy in Maryland on Saturday.
Additional reporting by Laurel Babcock