The second Atlanta woman in recent months to claim basketball legend Michael Jordan fathered her child has had her lawsuit tossed out.
Laquetta Theus, 30, filed a paternity suit in August claiming Jordan was the father of her 3-year-old daughter. But a previous paternity test had previously determined that another man, Hubert Henderson Jr., was the father of Theus’ child, and her suit was dismissed earlier this month.
Theus, who did not have an attorney, also contended in the lawsuit that Jordan used Hubert Henderson’s name as an alias.
In dismissing the case, a Fulton County judge ordered Theus to pay Jordan’s legal fees, which totaled $6,510.61, according to John Mayoue, Jordan’s attorney in Atlanta. Mayoue declined to comment on the case.
Earlier this year, Pamela Smith filed a paternity suit against Jordan seeking child support for her teenage son. Smith later dropped her suit, but Jordan counter-sued. Smith was ordered to pay Jordan’s legal bills, which totaled $9,704.13, records show.
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