Justin Bieber: Joins Exclusive Celeb List Of Reluctant Daddies?
Hollywood has seen more than its fair share of paternity scandals. Most recently, "Baby" singer Justin Bieber has been swatting away a barrage of rumors that he fathered a baby of his own.
Twenty-year-old Mariah Yeater claimed her tryst with the pop superstar happened after his concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
"He told me he wanted to make love to me and this was going to be his first time," Yeater recounted. "At the time I asked him to put a condom for protection, but he insisted that he did not want to." She added that the sexual encounter did not take long, lasting "approximately 30 seconds."
Yeater gave birth to a baby boy in July, and has now taken to court demanding a DNA test and child support from 17-year-old Bieber.
The popularity and tender age of Bieber has propelled his alleged fatherhood to unbelievable heights. His fans are defending his honor and even the police has joined in the fray by mentioning a possible statutory rape case.
It seems as if the world has forgotten that this has happened before - and Bieber will surely not be the last high-profile man in Tinseltown to father a child out of wedlock.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The former California governor just recently admitted that an affair with a member of his household staff more than a decade ago. The tryst resulted in the birth of a child who continued to reside at the family's home, with the woman.
"There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused," Schwarzenegger told L.A. Times. "I am truly sorry."
The scandal led to his split from wife of more than twenty years, Maria Shriver.
Eddie Murphy
Funnyman Eddie Murphy experienced his own paternity troubles when his ex-girlfriend Melanie Brown announced she is carrying his child.
The former Scary Spice has said in a statement that "there is absolutely no question that Eddie is the father."
Murphy continued to deny the allegations, until a DNA test proved the baby was his daughter.
Steve Jobs
Even the man who can do no wrong himself, Steve Jobs, had once been on the wrong end of a paternity scandal.
As a young man, Jobs fathered a kid with girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan. The world's most famous innovator refused to acknowledge his daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs, causing the mother and daughter to live on welfare and food stamps.
Jobs eventually took responsibility for his actions saying, "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that."