Update on Scott Obst Child Support Problem

A while ago I wrote about a professional poker player that was looking at possible charges for not paying his child support.  When he was asked it about back then he implied that everything was okay and that there was no problem.

Well it is definately a problem now for Scott Obst as he was at his hearing with this defense attorney Joseph Smith on Wednesday at the Waukesha
County Courthouse.  Obst reportedly owes more then $160,000 in back child support and interest and was arrested in Las Vegas and extradited to Waukesha.

Scott Obst, 39 was ordered held in lieu of $160,648.41 cash bail the exact amount that he allegedly owes the mother of his 17 tear old son.  Obst was charged last fall with four counts of failure to pay child support and his first appearance in criminal court to face these charges was on Wednesday of last week.

"This is no less of an alleged criminal act than any other case that comes before this court," Court Commissioner Laura Lau told Obst in setting the bail at a figure three times that requested by the state. "What you’ve done is left one parent to provide support for a child and that’s unacceptable."
 
To catch up on all the details read previous story, Poker Deadbeat? Wisconsin Auth. Say Yes.