Sacramento Kings ahead Tristan Thompson has apologized to his on-again, off-again girlfriend Khloé Kardashian for fathering a son with one other lady throughout their relationship.

Thompson, 30, posted an announcement on his Twitter account confirming that paternity take a look at outcomes confirmed that he had concieved a son with a lady named Maralee Nichols. The NBA star had beforehand had a paternity lawsuit filed in opposition to him by Nichols this previous June.

"I take full duty for my actions," Thompson stated within the assertion. "Now that paternity has been established I stay up for amicably elevating our son. I sincerely apologize to everybody I've harm or disillusioned all through this ordeal each publicly and privately."

Thompson then went on to straight apologize to Kardashian.

"Khloé, you do not deserve this. You do not deserve the heartache and humiliation I triggered you. You do not deserve the way in which I've handled you over time," the assertion continued. "My actions actually haven't lined up with the way in which I view you. I've the utmost respect and love for you. No matter what you might suppose."

The boy born to Nichols is reportedly Thompson's third youngster.

In April 2018, amidst a flurry of rumors that he had cheated on her throughout the being pregnant, Kardashian gave start to Thompson's daughter. Moreover, one other one among his ex-girlfriends, Jordan Craig, gave start to his son in 2016.

Kardashian, 36, is a member of the well-known media persona household of the identical identify. She has turn out to be well-known for her actuality tv appearances on Conserving Up With The Kardashians and its spinoffs, in addition to having authored various books.

Kardashian reportedly began courting Thompson in 2016. The pair break up up in 2019 over additional rumors that Thompson had cheated on her.

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Tristan Thompson has apologized to Khloé Kardashian after a paternity take a look at revealed that he had fathered a baby with one other lady throughout their relationship. Right here, Thompson and Kardashian could be seen at a celebration in 2018. Jerritt Clark/Getty

The couple rekindled their relationship throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, however by the summer time of 2021, they introduced that that they had as soon as once more break up up.

Because of the back-and-forth nature of the connection, a supply near the couple instructed Folks journal that "the ups and downs with Tristan had been all the time very irritating for Khloé. She has labored so onerous to belief Tristan."

The most recent break up reportedly occurred after an Instagram mannequin claimed in June 2021 that she had slept with Thompson.

Regardless of the problems away from the world, Thompson continues to impress on the courtroom.

The native of Brampton, Ontario, was chosen fourth total by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011. He gained the NBA championship with Cleveland in 2016, and finally signed with the Boston Celtics in 2020.

Thompson would then be traded to his present group, the Sacramento Kings, in a three-way commerce involving the Atlanta Hawks in 2021.

In whole, he has performed 700 NBA video games, averaging 9.2 factors per recreation with a 51.8 area aim proportion.

Newsweek has reached out to the Sacramento Kings for remark.