Michael Olise Child Support Dispute Takes New Turn

Michael Olise has been caught up in a child-support dispute involving his former partner Fatima Zaunbrecher, with conflicting reports circulating online over the amount the Bayern Munich star was willing to pay.

Zaunbrecher, who says she shares a daughter with Olise, previously made the dispute public through German media. Reports said a paternity test established Olise as the child's father, while the two sides have given different accounts of his involvement in the child's life and financial support.

The financial disagreement has attracted particular attention.

According to reports citing the dispute, Olise's legal representatives initially proposed €836.50 per month in child support before increasing the figure to €2,000.

Olise's camp has maintained that the footballer never refused to support his daughter and that the proposed amount was above the level provided for under German child-support guidelines. Zaunbrecher, however, has disputed that account and said she had not received the proposed payments.

Olise's representatives also claimed that Zaunbrecher had sought €60,000 per month through French court proceedings. That figure has been widely repeated in reports, although the precise details of the proceedings have not been made public.

A report published in September claimed that a German court had ultimately fixed the child's support at €836.50 per month, despite the reported €60,000 demand. However, I could not independently verify the alleged ruling through a court document or a major German source. Earlier reporting had said that no final court ruling had been made public.

That makes the viral claim that Olise offered $10,000 per month, which was rejected before a court reduced the amount to around $800, misleading.

The figures documented in the available reporting are in euros, not dollars: €836.50 initially, followed by a reported €2,000 offer.

Olise has not publicly commented on the dispute himself. His position has instead been communicated through people representing him, while Zaunbrecher has given her own account of the disagreement.