{"id":1320,"date":"2013-03-06T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T21:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2020-11-16T19:10:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T01:10:22","slug":"michael-jordans-laywers-to-mj-accuser-you-are-not-the-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/michael-jordans-laywers-to-mj-accuser-you-are-not-the-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan&#8217;s Lawyers To MJ: &#8220;You are NOT The Father!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>When Pamela Y. Smith decided to go after Michael Jordan, MJ&#8217;s lawyers went to work and immediately began tabulating their next invoice.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(RELATED &#8211; Michael Jordan Wizards: Last Season Was Better Than You Remember)<\/p>\n<p>This whole thing reminds me of the &#8220;Beebs&#8221; when Justin Bieber was accused of fathering a &#8220;bay-bay&#8221; with some random chick at some random venue.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Beebs&#8221; was later found to be innocent, but not before his team of lawyers descended upon the accuser and drudged up long forgotten details of her life, and publicly shamed her into recanting.<\/p>\n<p>If Pamela Smith thinks anything less than that will happen. she&#8217;s crazy, which she probably is anyway.<\/p>\n<h2>And if she thinks the &#8220;Beebs&#8221; peeps were hardcore, just imagine what\u00a0MJ&#8217;s\u00a0legal team will be like; he&#8217;s got the money to have Johnnie Cochran exhumed and brought back to life.<\/h2>\n<p>Incurring the wrath of Jordan is no fun at all,\u00a0just ask\u00a0Kwame\u00a0Brown\u00a0or Craig\u00a0Ehlo.<\/p>\n<p>So after she gets publicly emasculated, she will undoubtedly be sued, as\u00a0MJ\u00a0will make an example out of her to ward off other women potentially looking to make a quick buck.<\/p>\n<p>From the Associated Press:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jordan\u2019s lawyer John\u00a0Mayoue\u00a0said in a document filed in Fulton County Superior Court that the six-time\u00a0NBA\u00a0champion is not the father of Pamela Y. Smith\u2019s 16-year-old son. The paternity of the teen was \u201cconclusively established\u201d in divorce filings between Smith and her ex-husband, Jordan\u2019s attorney wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan, 50, is the majority owner of the NBA\u2019s Charlotte Bobcats. His spokeswoman Estee\u00a0Portnoy\u00a0released a statement to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic records show that the paternity of the child was established in a prior case in this same court many years ago and that Michael Jordan is not the father. He also filed a counterclaim seeking sanctions for the false claims made against him. It is unfortunate that well-known figures are the target of these kind of claims. Michael Jordan will vigorously defend himself and his reputation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, since we are never going to see\u00a0MJ\u00a0on the\u00a0<em>Maury\u00a0<\/em>show, disputing his fatherhood in the most public of forums, I give to you the greatest clip in the show&#8217;s history:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vt2i0ts-uck\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Epilogue:<\/p>\n<p>Just 5 months later, Pamela Smith withdrew her lawsuit and had to pay all of MJ&#8217;s legal fees.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan&#8217;s spokeswoman Estee Portnoy on Monday confirmed that Smith dismissed the paternity suit. Portnoy said there was no settlement or money paid to Smith. 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