Report: Henry struggles with child support

NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Former NFL running back Travis Henry is having trouble supporting his nine children, The New York Times reported.

The children are 3-11 years old and all have different mothers, the Times said.

He claimed that he was surprised that some of his former suitors became pregnant by him.

Henry tried recently to get a judge in Atlanta to lower monthly payments from $3,000 for a 4-year-old son, and is $16,600 behind on support for a youngster in Frostproof, Fla., his hometown.

The Times said the presiding judge showed little sympathy for Henry's predicament during a recent hearing and declined his request.

"I love all my kids," he told the Times in a telephone interview. "They've got my blood. I've got to deal with it (but) I've lost everything in this mess I've gotten myself into."

Henry, 30, played for three teams from 2001-07.

Earlier this year he was under house arrest in Denver after an indictment on charges of cocaine trafficking.

Randy Kessler, his Atlanta-based lawyer, said Henry virtually was broke, the Times reported.