Former Chicago Bulls star player Michael Jordan is being sued for child support by an Atlanta woman who claims he fathered her 16-year-old son during an affair in 1995, when Jordan was married to Juanita Vanoy.
According to TMZ, Pamela Smith filed legal documents three weeks ago in Fulton County demanding that the player, widely regarded as basketball’s all-time best, submit to a paternity test to prove the teenager, Taj, is his son.
The teen’s formal name is Grant Pierce Jay Jordan Reynolds, and he has used YouTube to spread the word that he is Jordan’s offspring.
In it the suit, Smith claims that she and Jordan had sex in 1995, the year Jordan made a return to the NBA after a year off to play baseball. She says their son was born in June 1996. Smith has also asked the judge handling the case to officially change her son’s last name to Jordan.
In a video posted on YouTube last month, the teenager said he was Jordan’s son and claimed he was in touch with the star.
Jordan’s representatives refused comment on Smith’s claims.
