Kidney Donor Wanted for Child Support

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Authorities are seeking to extradite a Tennessee man — wanted for failing to pay child support — after learning that he underwent surgery in Colorado to donate his kidney to someone he met on the Internet.



Rob Smitty, 32, faces charges of failing to pay his ex-wife $8,100 in child support and medical payments, and a warrant is out for his arrest. He was recovering in a Denver hospital following surgery Wednesday to donate his kidney.


A Bradley County Sheriff's Department spokesman said Friday that prosecutors were looking into whether Smitty could be extradited.


Smitty and the operators of MatchingDonors.com, the Web site where Smitty was matched with kidney recipient Bob Hickey, maintain the donation was not motivated by money. Hickey is expected to pick up about $5,000 in transportation costs and other expenses incurred by Smitty.

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