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Anna's ex wants DNA test
28/09/2006 10:31 - (SA)
New York - Photographer Larry Birkhead, a former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, tells Us Weekly magazine that, no matter what a US TV audience was told on Tuesday night, he is the real father of the reality TV star's newborn girl. And he is seeking a DNA test to prove it.
Smith's lawyer, Howard K Stern, told CNN's Larry King Live on Tuesday that he is the "proud father" of the girl, Dannie Ray Hope, born on September 7, and he plans to marry Smith "at some point".
"Right now we have to somehow get through what we're going through," said Stern, referring to the September 10 death of Smith's son, Daniel Smith.
The 20-year-old Smith died of unknown causes at his mother's hospital bedside in the Bahamas.
"And I'll tell you, our baby is the one ray of hope," Stern said.
In an interview on the magazine's website, Birkhead calls Stern's remarks "laughable".
"I am not surprised he would say this but I am laughing at it," he says. "Larry King didn't even believe Howard."
Birkhead says science can settle the matter. "I have asked for a DNA test and I welcome it," he says.
He is confident about what the results would be, saying, "I know I am the father of the child. I look forward to having a relationship with my new daughter."
On the net:
www.usmagazine.com
- AP
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