The mother of Hunter Biden's youngest child has formally requested a judge in Arkansas to have him arrested, alleging he has failed to honour a child support agreement. Lunden Roberts, 34, filed an emotional plea to the court this week, reopening the case against the president's son.
An Emotional Plea to the Court
In new legal documents filed on Tuesday, Roberts asked Judge Holly Meyer to hold Hunter Biden in contempt and order his incarceration in the Independence County Detention Center. This drastic measure is sought as a civil penalty until he complies with the court's previous orders.
The pair had reached a settlement in 2023 over claims of millions in unpaid child support. The agreement reportedly required Hunter Biden to pay $5,000 per month and to meet with their daughter, allowing the child to select some of his paintings.
However, Roberts now claims the former first son has not followed through. She wrote that their daughter, six-year-old Navy Joan (referred to as 'MC1' in court papers), yearns for contact with a father who has allegedly 'ghosted' her.
A Father-Daughter Relationship Stalls
Roberts detailed in the filing how a relationship had begun to develop after paternity was established by a court-mandated DNA test. "The child and her dad started building the foundations of a missing, but exceedingly important, father-daughter relationship," the documents state.
This progress reportedly halted in 2024. "Suddenly and without warning or explanation, Mr. Biden ghosted sweet, little MC1—who was then only five-years-old," Roberts claimed.
The filing includes poignant details about the child's emotional state. Roberts said Navy Joan experienced trauma at a family wedding when she realised her father would not be there to walk her down the aisle one day. The child, who believes her father "will go to heaven," once stated she "could not wait to get to heaven" so she could "be with [her] dad."
Paintings and Payments: Allegations of Contempt
Roberts also challenged Hunter Biden's compliance with the specific terms of their agreement. She acknowledged he sent some paintings but stated they "were the ones chosen by Mr. Biden and not MC1."
She argued that allowing the girl to select the artwork herself was intended to forge a connection to her father and his family. "The defendant's actions are a willful and contemptuous violation of this court's prior orders," Roberts wrote.
Furthermore, she has asked the judge to reassess the level of monthly child support. Roberts pointed to the Biden family's apparent lavish lifestyle, noting a Thanksgiving 2025 gathering in an exclusive Nantucket locale from which Navy Joan was excluded.
"No one can force Mr. Biden into being a good dad for MC1," the filing states, "but this court can make it so that MC1 has, at least, the same level of support as MC1's younger half-brother."
A History of Denial and Legal Battle
The case has a long history. Hunter Biden initially denied paternity, a claim overturned by the DNA test. Text messages from his abandoned laptop, previously revealed by the Daily Mail, showed he asked an assistant to remove Roberts from his company's health insurance plan just three months after Navy Joan's birth in August 2018.
Even after paternity was proven, he previously claimed an inability to pay support, despite living in a $12,000-per-month Hollywood home and driving a Porsche at the time.
The latest filing, first reported by the conservative nonprofit Marco Polo, casts doubt on past expressions of remorse from Hunter Biden. Roberts quoted a statement where he said he had "lived in guilt and remorse every second of every day" he wasn't in his daughter's life, suggesting it was "only meant for the purpose it accomplished—successfully inducing Ms. Roberts to agree to take less money."
The court must now decide whether to act on the request for Hunter Biden's arrest for contempt, a move that could see the president's son jailed in Arkansas.
