Michael Jordan has reason to celebrate after he cleared his name from two cases of paternity filed against him.
Smith would later drop the case, stating through her lawyer: “Ms. Smith has relied on our advice and determined that dismissal at this time, without prejudice, is in her son’s best interest.”
Not soon enough however, because in July, a judge ordered Smith to pay Jordan’s legal bills totaling $9,704.13, according to records.
The ruling wasn’t enough to scare off another accuser, Laquetta Theus, who claimed Jordan fathered her 3-year old son. Similar to Smith’s case, paternity had already established that the child’s father was a man named Hubert Henderson Jr.
Theus claimed that was one of Jordan’s many aliases.
True or not, a judge ruled that Theus must pay Jordan’s legal fees of $6, 510. 61.
