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Bieber will take paternity test, says TMZ

By | Published on Monday 7 November 2011

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber’s lawyers have told representatives of Mariah Yeater that the teen popster is happy to take a paternity test to prove he’s not the father of her young child, according to TMZ.

The pop star’s legal reps got in touch with their client’s accuser as Bieber himself, as opposed to his publicist, directly denied Yeater’s allegations for the first time on American TV. Asked by US TV show ‘Today’ about Yeater’s claims that he fathered her young child during a brief sexual liaison back stage at an LA concert late last year, he said: “I’d just like to say that none of those allegations are true. I know that I’m going to be a target, but I’m never going to be a victim”.

Insisting he’d never met Yeater, he added that her claim that they had sex after she was invited back stage after a show at the Staples Center was flawed because he never stayed at venues after a concert was finished. He said: “I think it’s crazy, because every night after the show I’ve gone right from the stage to my car, so it’s crazy that someone would want to make such false allegations. To set the record straight: None of it’s true”.

According to TMZ, Bieber’s legal reps were more brutal when contacting Yeater’s lawyers. Bieber would take a paternity test as soon as he returned to the US, they said, without any court order to do so, and when that test proves Yeater is lying they’ll sue for defamation. The gossip site’s source added: “Justin and his team are so serious they directed [the pop star’s lawyer Howard] Weitzman to find a lab to do the test and Weitzman has already selected one”.

Team Bieber plan to sue Yeater, sources say, to deter other people from making wild allegations about the popstar in the future. The singer had previously told TMZ he was sure this “wouldn’t be the last time” a member of the public would make untrue claims about him. He said: “It’s the first time that something like this has happened, so it’s kind of really crazy. I’m sure it won’t be the last, but it’s just sad that it has to happen like this. I mean, it’s just weird that people automatically assume that it was true. But I knew eventually it would die down”.

As the Bieber-baby story developed late last week, allegations that might throw further doubt on the credibility of Yeater’s claims began to surface. Again it was TMZ leading with the revelations, with a report that Yeater had previously accused a former boyfriend of fathering her child. The grandmother of that ex told the gossip site that Yeater had shown up at her grandson’s home last December claiming he was the father. When he denied the allegations Yeater allegedly smashed a window in his car and, when later returning to apologise for that, ended up punching her ex three times. The battery charges relating to that incident are due in court next month, though Yeater’s lawyers say she will plead not guilty.

Said lawyers were also asked last week about the risk of their client facing defamation charges should Bieber’s paternity tests prove Yeater is lying. They again insisted they had “credible” evidence their client was telling the truth, telling news channel HLN: “We think [the paternity test showing Bieber is not the father is] highly unlikely based on the evidence we have, not all of which has been released to the media, by any means. There’s credible evidence that supports he is the father”.

So that’s all fun. Meanwhile, for all those Beliebers heading to one of the Westfield shopping centres in London tonight to see Justin turn on the Christmas lights, don’t worry, they’re going to lock all the toilets, so the chances of him impregnating you are low.



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