19

Mom:
Ryan Ross
Home:
Los Angeles

EANWHILE,
thenlaw student Patterson, who met Cromartie on Facebook in
2005, struck up a long-distance romance after a rendezvous in Atlanta, where
he did his personal training.
He was fun. He made
me laugh. He loves to
dance, she said.
She eventually ended it
over rumors of infidelity. In late 2007, he
wooed Patterson again, insisting he had cleaned up
his act. He assured me he
was serious, and definitely
thinking about marriage
and a family, she said. I
thought he had made
some poor choices early
in life, but I wanted to
give him the benefit of the
doubt.
He
flew
Patterson,
friends and family to Hawaii in February 2008 for
the Pro Bowl. At dinner
one night, he got down on
one knee and asked me to
marry him, she said. I
was crying and said yes.

A week later, she

learned she was pregnant.
His reaction: Im finally
having a baby with someone I love.
They booked an Atlanta
winery to host the June
2008 nuptials and invited
200 guests.
A week before the wedding, Cromartie called it
off, saying he wasnt
ready and couldnt do it.
He then invited Patterson to move into his San
Diego apartment, but sent
her packing in two weeks.
He just said he needed
some time alone, she recalled.
Just two months after
Patterson gave birth to
London, Burley gave birth
to Leilani. He cheated on
both of us at the same
time,
Patterson said.
Without calling off their
engagement,
Cromartie
tied the knot with Cason,
a star on the E! reality
show Candy Girls, about
a female talent agency.
On March 4, Cromartie
was traded to the Jets.
Ten days later was the
first birthday of Julian
Cromartie, whose mom is
Tina Julian in San Diego.
That was the child he neglected to count on HBO.
In April, Cason gave
birth to Cromarties ninth
kid, daughter Jerzie.
Cromartie would not
comment because he was
busy getting ready for tomorrow
nights
game
against the Minnesota Vikings, said his agent, Gary
Wichard.
But Patterson has plenty
to say in the novel shes
writing based on her experience with Cromartie.
Its titled, Love, Intercepted: A Tale of Football,
Falling and Failing in
Love.
Additional reporting by
Kip Grosenick in Smyrna,
Ga., Kristen Castillo in San
Diego and Meredith Jean
Morton in Tallahassee

London Jaye
Cromartie, 2
next week
Mom:
Rhonda Lynn
Patterson
Home:
Charlotte,
N.C.

nypost.com

Tyler Jae
Cromartie, 2

friendly all the time, but

our situation works. We
make it work. We Skype
once a week, she said.
Their son, Antonio Cromartie Jr., sees his dad
pretty often, a lot in the
off-season. Wilson and
A.J. lived in San Diego
near
Cromartie
three
months last year during
the football season while
she trained in physical
therapy. He pays her
$3,500 a month in child
support.
Latoya Burley of Houston, who also delivered a
Cromartie kid in 2007,
met Cromartie on Facebook. After the birth of
daughter Deyjah, now 3,
Cro had babies with two
other women Patterson
and a Ryan Ross of Los
Angeles. He kept Burley
on the sidelines, and she
became the only lover to
have a second Cromartie
child daughter Leilani.

Julian
Cromarte,
19 months

susan.edelman@nypost.com

Leilani
Cromartie,
23 months
Mom:
Latoya M.
Burley
(same as child
No. 4, Deyjah)
Home:
Houston

WireImage.com

Pierre said. Gardner offered to pay for an abortion, saying, We just had
one done for him with
another girl. Pierre refused. He didnt visit
Pierre and his first child
in the hospital, but Gardner came with Cromarties sister, a woman
who was actually his girlfriend.
Pierre, then 18, bought
baby supplies herself, she
said. Cromartie agreed to
contribute $50 a week,
records
show.
While
Pierre worked two jobs,
Gardner
watched
the
baby. Everyone was more
concerned about his football career. His mom did
everything
for
him,
Pierre said.
Cromartie
was
the
Chargers 19th pick of the
first round of the 2006
NFL draft.
He came over to pick
up Alonzo in his brandnew Escalade, Pierre recalled. He still didnt pay
me one penny.
In November 2006, Cromartie agreed to give
Pierre $2,800 a month in
child support. Gardner
took Alonzo on trips to
San Diego to visit his dad.
Things got ugly this
year when Cromartie won
custody. I dont think
anybody who cared about
the child would leave him
in that environment, said
Schulte, Cros lawyer.
But Pierre is devastated.
He snatched my baby
away, she said, crying.
After Cromartie joined
the Chargers, he played
the field a fertile one.
His baby mamas gave
birth to four kids in 2007
two in July alone.
One gal pal, Erin Wilson
of Smyrna, Ga., met Cromartie when they were
students at Florida State.
She called him a good
person at heart.
Im not going to say
were buddy-buddy and

New York Post, Sunday, October 10, 2010

with eight baby mamas over six states

Julian
Cromartie,
19 months
Mom:
Tina
Julian
Home:
San
Diego

Every
away
game
is home!

Jerzie
Cromartie,
six months
Mom:
Antonios
now wife,
Terricka Cason
Cromartie
(above)
Home:
New Jersey

$
!
'

&