In court papers filed Wednesday, Roberts’ lawyers, Clint and Jennifer Lancaster, told the court that DNA testinghad proved Hunter was the father of her child, who was born in August 2018, even as Hunter repeatedly denied even having sex with her.
(His attorneys and a spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.)
The Lancasters told the court they did not expect Hunter to contest the paternity testing and, Clint tells PEOPLE, the next phase of the case would be determining what child support Hunter owes. Clint noted, however, that settlement discussions had been ongoing.
“My client has never doubted the paternity of this child, has never equivocated,” Clint says. “She has never wavered. She has never doubted the results.”
Roberts, Clint says, “is a very, very private person” — though he says they’d had a conversation about the attention a public suit would bring — and he declined to provide much detail about how Roberts became involved with Hunter beyond saying they met in the Washington, D.C., area.
Still, there are clues to what led to the paternity suit, which is the latest in Hunter’s ongoing personal troubles.
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According to one of the motions filed on Roberts’ behalf on Wednesday, Hunter “refus[ed] to continue to support his child” and in an earlier motion in the case, Roberts’ attorneys said Hunter hadadmitted he was the father of her child— together suggesting Roberts appealed to the court only when Hunter’s support ran dry.
“This is a parenting and child support issue between her and Mr. Biden,” Clint, her attorney,previously told theArkansasDemocrat-Gazette.
Speaking with PEOPLE, Clint says that while they have known about the confirmation of Hunter’s paternity since soon after he took the test, on Nov. 9, they decided to wait to tell the court.
Clint says he has not heard from Vice President Biden, though he previously reached out to the campaign.
On other questions about the relationship between Hunter and Roberts, Clint demurred.
“She considers her relationship with Hunter to be between her and Hunter,” he says.
Roberts’ suit stated only that she and Hunter “were in a relationship” and had a child born in August 2018 in Independence County. The child was not further identified.
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One of the motions on Wednesday sought to have the child’s identifying information kept hidden from the public in order to protect the child, given its connection to the 2020 presidential election.
A hearing is set for early December in Arkansas.
In a brief answer to Roberts’ suit filed in August, Hunter denied all of the allegations made against him.
Accordingto a profile in July inThe New Yorker, he said he never had sex with Roberts. But in October, he agreed to the DNA testing.
source: people.com
