Hunter Biden is the legal father of a 17-month-old, according to an Arkansas judge ruling on Tuesday.
Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer said that DNA testing determined that Robert Hunter Biden is the father of Lunden Robert’s child with ‘near scientific certainty.’
A new birth certificate will be issued naming Biden as the father of NJR and the case will remain open while the rest of the issues are resolved between the two.
Judge Meyer, who took over the case after Judge Don McSpadden recused himself last week, asked Biden’s lawyers on Friday to send over papers that redacted the name of the child, whose gender is being kept secret.
Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer said that DNA testing determined that Robert Hunter Biden is the father of Lunden Robert’s child with ‘near scientific certainty’
The parties will have a telephone hearing over the matter on Monday.
In November, DNA testing proved Biden, 49, is the father of Lunden Roberts’ now 17-month-old 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.
The most recent filing comes after Biden tried to postpone his court appearance set for Tuesday, claiming he didn’t receive ‘proper notice’ and wouldn’t be able to make it because he lives in California.
The two had met while Roberts, 28, worked as a stripper in Washington D.C. and she wants Biden to pay child support and foot her legal bill, as well as full custody
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.
It seems he is reluctant to leave Los Angeles, asking to appear by telephone if Judge Meyer chooses not to postpone the hearing on Tuesday.
Next week’s court date was originally set by Judge Don McSpadden on December 2, during a hearing which Biden didn’t show up for.
McSpadden abruptly recused himself on New Year’s Eve without any explanation.
Biden’s lawyers claim that he confirmed in an email, which was filed by Biden’s lawyer, Brent Langdon, that the January hearing was canceled.
But the new judge, Judge Meyer, reinstated it yesterday.
Langdon allegedly argued that Biden should have been given at least 20 days notice and has requested an order which would keep Biden’s finances secret.
Next week’s court date was originally set by Judge Don McSpadden (left) on December 2, during a hearing which Biden didn’t show up for. McSpadden abruptly recused himself on New Year’s Eve without any explanation. But the new judge, Judge Holly Meyer (right), reinstated it yesterday.
Judge Meyer asked Biden’s lawyers on Friday to send over papers that redacted the name of the child, whose gender is being kept secret
McSpadden’s recusal 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.’
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.