
Baby, baby, baby oh!
Justin Bieber‘s paternity suit has been quietly dropped by Mariah Yeater, the fan who claimed Justin fathered her 3 month old son.
TMZ is reporting that Yeater’s San Diego attorneys have withdrawn from the case after a call from Bieber’s legal eagle, Howard Weitzman, threatening everyone with a lawsuit.
However the NY Daily News spoke to Yeater’s new attorney who says the lawsuit is withdrawn only because there is a new strategy involved thanks to Yeater’s safety being compromised by overzealous Bieber fans but she is still intent on proving JB is her child’s father with a paternity test.
“In light of death threats directed toward my client, strategies have been reviewed. The San Diego case has been withdrawn, and we’re trying to settle out of court with Bieber’s counsel. We’re working out a DNA test confidentially,” said Jeffrey Leving, a Chicago-based custody lawyer who is working with Yeater.
He continues to say that the San Diego litigators were changed out for Los Angeles based attorneys, there was no resignation by any involved and that it’s Belieber’s death threats that are changing how the suit proceeds.
“I did not resign. I still believe my client,” he said, adding that Yeater’s San Diego lawyers have been replaced by John Carlson from the Los Angeles firm Carlson & Greenberg.
“I originally wanted a judge to order a DNA test to make sure the test’s chain of custody was safeguarded. But the reality is that that was before these death threats escalated. And they’ve gotten so out of control, maintaining strict confidentiality is something we have to try. If this doesn’t work, and we can’t work it out, we can always re-file,” Leving said.
Yeater has asserted in court documents that she met Bieber backstage at a concert in 2010 and the two had sex in a bathroom. She was 19 at the time and claims that the then 16 year-old Justin told her he was a virgin.
Bieber has maintained his innocence and professes to never have laid eyes on Yeater, let alone have sex with her.
“Never met the woman,” Bieber said.
“I’d just like to say that none of those allegations are true. I know that I’m going to be a target, but I’m never going to be a victim.”
So it appears the DNA test is still on when Justin returns to the U.S.