Hunter Biden will not fight his Arkansas baby mama for custody of their 17-month-old child, but will continue to clash with her over his financial records, according to new court filings obtained by DailyMail.com.
Lunden Roberts, 28, was given primary legal and physical custody of their child, whose initials were revealed on Tuesday as NJR, and Biden was named as the non-custodial parent of the toddler, whose gender is being kept secret.
Biden’s legal team didn’t object to the Independence County judge’s paternity order in papers filed on Wednesday morning, but disputed Roberts’ demand for him to be held in contempt of court for allegedly not handing over his financial records.
He denies that he failed to provide Roberts with any paystubs or tax returns with his affidavit of financial means, and asked the court to throw out her motion.
The 49-year-old also accused Roberts of ‘intentionally’ including his address in court papers so the ‘media and his political adversaries’ would know where he lives, which has brought ‘an onslaught of harassment’ to him and his pregnant wife Melissa Cohen.
Hunter Biden will not fight his Arkansas baby mama for custody of their 17-month-old child, but will continue to clash with her over his financial records, according to new court filings obtained by DailyMail.com
Lunden Roberts, 28, was given primary legal and physical custody of their child, whose initials were revealed on Tuesday as NJR, and Biden was named as the non-custodial parent of the toddler, whose gender is being kept secret
The issue of Biden’s visitation rights to the child will be determined later.
Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer said on Tuesday that DNA testing determined that Biden is the father of Roberts’ child with ‘near scientific certainty.’
Judge Meyer, who took over the case after Judge Don McSpadden recused himself on New Years Eve, asked Biden’s lawyers on Friday to send over papers that redacted the name of the child, whose gender is being kept secret.
In November, DNA testing proved Biden, 49, as the father of Roberts’ child, after she filed a paternity suit in May 2019 in Independence County, Arkansas.
The two had met while Roberts, 28, worked as a stripper in Washington D.C. and she wants full custody, and Biden to pay child support and foot her legal bill.
Biden had tried to postpone his Tuesday’s court appearance, claiming he didn’t receive ‘proper notice’ and wouldn’t be able to make it because he lives in California.
The judge granted his motion and delayed the in court hearing until later this month.
Biden seems mostly unbothered amid the heightened focus on his paternity case, as he was seen over the holidays shopping with his new South African wife Melissa Cohen, 32, who is pregnant and in her second trimester.
Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer said on Tuesday that DNA testing determined that Biden is the father of Roberts’ child with ‘near scientific certainty’
Judge McSpadden’s recusal last week came two hours after ‘defrauded investor’ Joel Caplan, who wants to be made a party in the case, filed a witness statement from ex-Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin.
Shokin claimed he was fired in 2016 because he was leading an investigation into Burisma, the company Biden was a board member of, and refused to shut it down, despite pressure from Hunter’s father, then-VP Joe Biden.
Hunter’s finances are currently in the spotlight over his former position at the Ukrainian energy company, which has been at the center of Hunter’s entanglement in President Trump’s impeachment.
Trump’s impeachment was sparked by his phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, where he asked Zelensky to meet with Rudy Giuliani and US AG William Barr over claims Joe lobbied for Shokin’s dismissal because of his investigation into Burisma, in an alleged attempt to protect Hunter from any possible prosecution.
This led to a whistleblower complaint from an officer within the CIA, and eventually led to Trump’s impeachment in December.
Dominic Casey also wants in on Biden’s Arkansas case, filing papers in late December, claiming he had provided Roberts with ‘electronic access’ to Biden’s bank account records, which are ‘subject of known felonies including fraud and counterfeiting.’
Judge McSpadden’s recusal came two hours after ‘defrauded investor’ Joel Caplan (left), who wants to be made a party in the case, filed a witness statement from ex-Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin. Dominic Casey (right) also wants in on Biden’s Arkansas case, filing papers, claiming he had provided Roberts with ‘electronic access’ to Biden’s bank account records
Casey heads up D&A Investigations, which is based near Orlando, Florida, and he is known for pursuing right-wing conspiracy theories. During the Casey Anthony trial he claimed a psychic told him where to find Caylee’s body.
Hunter, who has been in and out of rehab six times for alcoholism and addiction, was accused in November of smoking crack and spending ‘thousands of dollars’ at the strip club during multiple visits.
According to the club’s security worker Ranko Petrovic, Biden was a big-paying customer who often sat in the VIP room where he spent ‘thousands and thousands’ and drank during his visits. He often paid his bills with ‘credit cards that didn’t have his name on it’.
Biden’s frequent stops and generous spending at the club have come under scrutiny as he was on the board of Ukrainian natural-gas company Burisma at the time.
Biden first joined that board in 2014 and was reportedly paid him as much as $50,000 a month. He served until his term expired in April 2019.
He was on the board during the time his father Joe Biden was in the White House as Vice President.