Pamela Smith, the woman suing Michael Jordan over the paternity of her sixteen year old son [click here if you missed that], says her son has a right to know who his father is...
After a hearing in Fulton County court yesterday to decide if Michael Jordan should be forced to take a paternity test, Pamela Smith, whose 16 year old son posted a video on Youtube claiming to be Michael Jordan's son, told the media
“After he posted it, I had to support my son. He has had an issue with this over years because he doesn’t have a relationship with the person that he thought was his father.”
“My son has the right to know who his father is. My son wants to know.”Pamela Smith's attorney released this statement to the media,
“We are honored to have been asked to represent Ms. Smith who has been unable to resolve this matter herself. The vicious statements made in Mr. Jordan’s legal documents will be responded to in her own forthcoming pleadings, but at this time Ms. Smith wants to be clear. Her former husband Mr. Reynolds has not been involved in her child’s life since the divorce in 2005, has never paid support for the child and has shown no interest in the child. The claims by Respondent’s counsel that ‘It is troubling that Smith now inflicts measurable harm upon her son while seeking to deprive her son’s father Reynolds, of the rights and privileges of joint legal custody’ are completely unfounded and meant only to disparage her. Our client feels that Mr. Jordan had numerous opportunities to resolve this matter by having a simple conversation with her. If he claims he is not the father, a simple $300 saliva test could likely resolve the issue instead of further court or public involvement.”
