Jermaine Jackson could be playing to 5,000 people soon ... the inmates at an L.A. County Jail ... a place he may be calling home soon if he doesn't ante up back child support.
Jermaine is falling farther and farther behind .... he's required to pay baby mamaAlejandra Jackson $3K a month for 13-year-old Jermajesty and 17-year-old Jaafar… but the mailbox has been empty for months.
Court docs obtained by TMZ show … of the $12K that he owes in back payments … he’s only coughed up a measly 85 bucks.
The L.A. County Child Support Services Dept. has filed papers asking a judge to hold Jermaine in contempt ... which could put him behind bars for 20 days.
BTW, this isn’t the first time Jermaine has slacked off. He belatedly paid $80,000 back in March 2011 … and anted up another $33K in back support this past May. He's also had his wages garnished.
If the current case goes before a judge, Jermaine is gonna have a hard time explaining how he dropped $160K last month for a Ferrari
Source: TMZ