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As reported by The Associated Press

Although the results of the court-ordered test have not been released, an attorney for the 6-year-old son of a woman who claimed to be James Brown’s wife when he died, says an independent DNA test confirms the soul singer fathered the child.

Peter Shahid, an attorney for James Brown II’s guardian, told the Associated Press on Friday that the boy was tested in April before a South Carolina judge ordered a paternity test.

Brown II is the son of Tomi Rae Hynie, a former backup singer for the Godfather of Soul.

Trustees handling Brown’s estate have suggested Hynie was not legally married to Brown and her boy is not his son. They were not mentioned in Brown’s will.

A call to a spokesman for Hynie and a message left for Brown’s trustees were not immediately returned.

The story was first reported by Art Harris, whose blog “The Bald Truth” is at http://www.artharris.com.

Brown died in Atlanta on Christmas Day 2006.

As Reported in Chicago Business News Feb 1, 2008:

(Crain’s) — Michael Jordan is suing a Pennsylvania woman who says she was his mistress, asking a court to stop the woman from what he alleges is harassment.

In a complaint filed Wednesday in Pennsylvania’s Crawford County civil court, Mr. Jordan says that in June 2004, Lisa Miceli filed a complaint against Mr. Jordan to establish his paternity to her son, Dante Michael Miceli, and to require the basketball star to provide child support.

“Knowing that there was no basis whatsoever for Miceli’s allegation of paternity, Jordan immediately agreed to genetic testing,” the complaint says.

Tests proved Mr. Jordan is not the father, but Ms. Miceli pursued another genetic test, according to the lawsuit. She and Mr. Jordan then came to an agreement that if the new test confirmed he was not the father, she would drop the case and end any contact with him, the complaint says.

The second test also proved Mr. Jordan did not father the child. The case was withdrawn in July 2005, but court papers say Ms. Miceli violated the agreement by sending nearly 400 e-mails and notes to Mr. Jordan and his representatives, he alleges.

The content of her e-mails, notes and telephone calls “clearly demonstrates that she is seriously disturbed,” says the complaint.

Ms. Miceli publishes a blog in which she writes about what she says was her relationship with Mr. Jordan, detailing phone conversations and lashing out at his representatives.

Neither Mr. Jordan’s attorneys nor Ms. Miceli returned calls.

This isn’t the first time Mr. Jordan has been in court dealing with paternity issues.

An Indianapolis woman in 2003 alleged that Mr. Jordan made financial promises to her when she was pregnant with a child she alleged was his. Paternity tests showed he wasn’t the father.

In December, the Appellate Court of Illinois supported a lower court’s decision that the woman had no grounds to sue Mr. Jordan for money.