Heartbreaking Update!Sister Wives’ Kody Brown and son forced to pay $30K for causing ‘suffering’ in car crash as family struggles with cash

SISTER Wives star Kody Brown and his son Paedon with third wife Christine have been ordered to pay $30,000 for causing “pain and suffering” following a 2017 car crash, The Sun can exclusively reveal.

Kody, 51, and his son were sued in December 2018 for negligence after Paedon, now 21, rear-ended Plaintiffs Stefannie Gonzalez and Mirella Flores in October 2017 while driving Kody’s car.

The force of the collision moved the Plaintiffs’ vehicle forward, causing it to crash into the car in front of them.

In court papers exclusively obtained by The Sun, the case was resolved in arbitration on May 27, 2020.

The arbitrator was in favor of the Plaintiffs, and against Kody and Paedon.

Diver Stefannie was awarded medical specials in the amount of $8,774.28 and damages for pain and suffering for $3,000.

Passenger Mirella was awarded medical specials in the amount of $13,521 and damages for pain and suffering for $4,500.

Kody and Paedon must also pay $60.11 in fees.

In the complaint, the Plaintiffs sued for $15,000 for damages to them and their property.

The court papers read: “As a direct and proximate result of the collision, Plaintiffs have been limited in the recreational, household, and vocational activities they can perform, which, in turn, have caused them pain and suffering, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, physical impairment, mental anguish, and loss of enjoyment of life in a presently unascertainable amount.”

The Plaintiffs accused Paedon of following their car “too closely,” as they stopped for an emergency vehicle at the time of the collision.

They claim Kody was “jointly and severally liable,” as he “knowingly entrusted a vehicle to an inexperienced or incompetent person.”

In Kody and Paedon’s response to the complaint, they denied the allegations against them.

The judgment comes amid the Brown family’s money troubles.

First wife Meri, 49, second wife Janelle, 50, Christine, 48, and fourth wife Robyn, 41, struggled to sell their homes in Las Vegas before the family moved to Flagstaff, Arizona.

They bought $820,000 worth of land to build four homes on.

While Meri and Janelle are renting homes, Christine purchased a house for $520,000, while Robyn bought an abode for $890,000.

On the January premiere of Sister Wives, Christine told the cameras, “financially, we’re drowning.”

Kody, who is a father of 18 children, added: “Basically we’re paying four, no five mortgages with the Coyote Pass property.”

Kody and Robyn also applied for a home equity line of credit in the amount of $150,000 on March 20, 2020 for their home, which was approved.

Last week, Christine revealed she has raised $25,000 from LuLaRoe clothing sales.

She is using the money for the down payment on her daughter’s $50,000 surgery.