Michael Jordan hit with another paternity battle
Retired basketball star Michael Jordan is facing another paternity battle with the same woman who twice claimed he fathered her child in 2005.
The former NBA player has been named in a new lawsuit by Lisa Miceli, who has requested a judge order Jordan to submit a third DNA test in a bid to prove he is the father of her four-year-old son.
Miceli, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, also wants a judge to overturn a temporary restraining order imposed on her by Jordan, after he accused her of harassment. But in a hearing at Crawford County Court on Friday, Jordan’s attorney Frederick J. Sperling claimed his client had already been ruled out as the boy’s father in paternity tests submitted in 2005.
Participating via phone, Sperling also stated that there would be no child-support agreement, as requested by Miceli.
He told Judge Gordon Miller, “Mr. Jordan is not the father of her child, and we’re not going to engage in any discussions on that.”
In legal papers filed in response to Miceli’s claims, Sperling says Jordan only consented to the second DNA test on the condition that she has no more contact with him if he is proved not to be the kid’s father.
Miller has yet to rule on Miceli’s request for another paternity test and the case is due to return to court later this month (Apr08).
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