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LeBron James Faces 'Reverse Paternity Suit' Filed by Alleged Father

By Bruce Carton

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The world has been buzzing about NBA free agent LeBron James and his imminent announcement about where he will play next year, but LBW has been stuck on the sidelines with no legal angle to pounce on. Until now! TMZ reports that a 55-year-old man named Leicester Bryce Stovell has sued James and his mother, Gloria James, claiming fraud, defamation and misrepresentation related to a cover-up of the fact that Stovell is James' biological father. A "reverse paternity suit," as Joe Weisenthal put it in his tweet. REVERSE PATERNITY SUIT RT @HarveyLevinTMZ: In other news with LeBron...a man is suing him claiming to be his father http://bit.ly/9JdFNmless than a minute ago via TweetDeck Joseph Weisenthal TheStalwart Stovell claims he met Gloria James in a Washington, D.C., area bar in 1984, and had unprotected sex with her. He later learned she was 15-years-old at the time (he was 29). TMZ reports that Stovell is a Princeton graduate with a law degree from the University of Chicago, and was at one point a senior legal advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Stovell alleges that following their rendezvous, Gloria James told him she was pregnant with a boy she planned to...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).