Basket-ball USA : Michael Jordan denies paternity claim

Pamela Smith claims she had an extra-marital affair with the Chicago Bulls legend in 1995 (while he was still married to Juanita Vanoy) and is suing him to take a paternity test to prove he fathered her son, Grant Pierce Jay Jordan Reynolds, who was born in June 1996.
In Smith’s February 7 court documents, which were first obtained by TMZ, she states that once it’s proven that Jordan, now 50, is the father, she wants him to pay child support, as well as medical expenses for the 16-year-old, who goes by the name Taj.
It’s unclear why Smith, who calls herself “America’s Hottest Love Expert” on her Twitter page, has waited so long to prove paternity or how long her affair with the six-time NBA champion lasted.
Even though Jordan has not yet been proven to be Taj’s father, the teen is already bragging about his famous heredity online. In a YouTube clip he posted on Christmas Day, he reveals “exclusive” information to his “fans” that the rumors are true and he calls out Jordan to be more involved in his life. Taj also says that he has met Jordan and “we talked and all that stuff” and that he just wants him to “come out of the dark and stop being so secretive.”

At the end of the minute-long clip, he tells everyone to follow him on Twitter, where he has nearly 50,000 followers. In the bio section, Taj points people to his email address, Taj23Jordan, which borrows from Jordan’s infamous jersey number, for “Booking & Feautures” (sic) … although it’s unclear what exactly his talent is.

Jordan, who now owns part of the Charlotte Bobcats, has two sons, Jeffrey and Marcus, and one daughter, Jasmine, with Vanoy, whom he married in 1989. The couple first filed for divorce in 2002, but reconciled shortly thereafter.

Four years later, they split once again and Vanoy received a whopping $168 million in the settlement, the largest for a celebrity divorce at the time.
In 2006, he reportedly paid a former lover $250,000 to keep their relationship a secret when she sued him for paternity. DNA tests later proved Jordan was not the father of the child in question.
Jordan is currently engaged to Cuban-American model Yvette Prieto, whom he proposed to on Christmas Eve 2011.
Jordan, who has refused to comment on the suit, and Smith are due in court on March 12.

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