I've heard 1 not-clarified claim about this sort of thing. W/all that we have heard on the news, I'm shocked I haven't heard more.
I'd still question allowing all this - because this IS the crux of the entire matter - because a) Michael didn't claim this until some 7 years later and b) he was adulterous, apparently even early on before the dam of his kids came to the picture!
You're shocked that the TV news may not be accurately reporting something, or telling the whole story? Remember the Clinton impeachment, or the Iraq War?