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BREAKING: Hunter Biden Ordered To Appear In Court For Paternity Case
In a turn of events, Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has been ordered to appear in an Arkansas court for a paternity case. The case, which involves a child support dispute between Hunter and his former flame Lunden Roberts, claims Hunter has been “playing games” and refusing to provide his financial records.
Roberts has gone as far as to ask the judge to jail Hunter until he complies with the court’s orders. Judge Holly Meyer has ruled that Hunter must appear in court for the proceedings, following the demands of Roberts’ lawyers who claim that Hunter has not provided a single item or word of discovery in the ongoing lawsuit.
In a court document filed by Lunden Roberts’ attorney on Friday, they accuse Hunter Biden, the defendant in the child support dispute, of failing to comply with court orders. The attorney, Clinton Lancaster, accused Hunter of willfully and flagrantly violating the court’s previous order, which was intended to ensure his compliance with discovery.
“I want both of your clients at every hearing I conduct,” Judge Meyer stated. “I will no longer allow us to excuse clients because it is interfering with the progress of litigation, which is taking way too long to get over simple points.”
In May 2019, Roberts filed a paternity suit against Hunter Biden in Independence County, Arkansas, claiming that he was the father of her child, who was born in August 2018.
Hunter Biden initially denied being the father of the child, but in November 2019, he agreed to a DNA test that confirmed that he was the biological father. The case was settled in March 2020, with the details remaining confidential.
Lancaster argued that Biden’s actions are a violation of the court’s authority and dignity and that he should be incarcerated until he complies with the court’s orders or sanctioned appropriately. Additionally, the plaintiff has retained an expert, but cannot adequately prepare for trial or conduct discovery due to Hunter’s failure to answer.
“That the defendant is playing games with this court,” Lancaster Law Firm wrote.
Lancaster requested the court to find the defendant in contempt, compel discovery, modify the scheduling order, order sanctions and attorney’s fees, and provide any other just and proper relief. The certificate of service included in the document confirms that a copy of the motion has been delivered to the defendant via electronic means.
During a Zoom hearing on Monday, Meyer voiced her frustration with the lawyers representing Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts. After Brent Langdon, the attorney representing Biden in the paternity case, brought up a laptop computer that Biden allegedly abandoned at a repair shop, Meyer made some remarks.
“There has never been, to my knowledge, an acknowledgment that this so-called laptop — he continuously calls it Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop …” Langdon said.
“Well, let’s clear that issue up right now,” Meyer asked. “Is it your client’s laptop or not?”
“Your honor, I’m not involved in all of that stuff,” Langdon said. “It’s not my client’s laptop as far as I know.”
“Is it your client’s position, you’re representing to this court, that it is not his laptop?” asked the Judge.
“Your honor, I am not in a position to even begin to answer that question,” Langdon claimed.
Lunden Roberts is the mother of a 4-year-old daughter, known initially in the case as “Baby Doe,” who was born in August 2018. The parties agreed on temporary child support until the issue was resolved, and in March 2020, Biden and Roberts reached a settlement agreement.
However, Biden’s request to adjust his child support payments re-opened the case in the previous year. In December, Roberts’ attorneys filed a motion to change the child’s last name to Biden, arguing that the Biden name represents success, financial acumen, education, and political power.
Biden’s attorney responded with a four-page rebuttal demanding strict proof of such a request’s best interest for the child. According to the American Bar Association, discovery is a formal process of exchanging information between the parties regarding the witnesses and evidence presented at trial. Meyer has scheduled a bench trial for July 24-25 in Batesville.
The Daily Mail wrote:
Hunter will also have to submit to a deposition in June in which Roberts’ lawyers will likely grill him about his various businesses and shady overseas ventures.
They’ll also want to know how it’s possible that Hunter’s finances have cratered while he’s selling paintings for up to $500,000 apiece under his new guise as an abstract artist.
Roberts won a reported $2.5 million settlement from Hunter after taking him to court in 2019 and forcing him to take a DNA test to prove he fathered Navy Joan during their 2017 fling.