Posted on 03/22/2005 4:39:12 PM PST by SmithL
HOUSTON - The former wife of President Bush's brother has rejected a proposed settlement of a slander lawsuit accusing her of spreading rumors that Neil Bush fathered a child out-of-wedlock.
Sharon Bush says paternity tests she ordered on the boy last year are unreliable. She claims the doctor who performed the test is unqualified, and that she hired a new DNA expert to review the original test.
The original results "are flawed and should be thrown out," Sharon Bush said in a statement released Tuesday by her publicist. "They do not demonstrate one way or the other who fathered the child."
The paternity tests showed Robert Andrews - ex-husband of Neil Bush's current wife, Maria Andrews Bush - was the father of the boy, then age 3, not Neil Bush.
Robert Andrews sued Sharon Bush for $950,000, an apology, and part of any future book advances or royalties she receives.
Despite a letter to a judge from Andrews' lawyers announcing a proposed settlement Monday, Sharon Bush's legal team later filed papers saying the parties have "unsuccessfully attempted to settle this case" and are ready for trial in April.
Sharon and Neil Bush divorced in 2003 after 23 years of marriage. Neil Bush married Maria Andrews Bush last March.
I think I'll go over and start some off-topic spamming on some Schiavo threads.
It is neither her child nor her ex-husband's child. The mother of the child is the current wife of Sharon's ex husband. The father of the child was the former husband of the child's mother. The father of the child is now sueing Sharon.
whatever
And Neil's apparently no prize himself. But wasn't this (Sharon Bush) the freakazoid who was the main source for Kitty Kelley's book?
Day-um! I re-read the article several times and wasn't able to pick all that out. It sure sounded like they were talking about Sharon's child.
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