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William Shatner hit with $170 million paternity suit

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William Shatner hit with $170 million paternity suit

By Todd Leopold, CNN
Updated 1:52 PM ET, Wed March 30, 2016

(CNN) William Shatner is being sued for $170 million by a Florida-based radio host who claims that the "Star Trek" actor is his father.
Peter Sloan, who now goes by the name Peter Shatner, says the actor had an affair with his birth mother, Katherine Burt (later Kathy McNeil), in 1956.

Shatner denies that Sloan is his son.

Sloan, 59, was given up for adoption shortly after his birth. In 1984, he started seeking his birth parents and identified the people he believed to be his mother and father.

"Over the months that followed through a process of research and verification, Peter was able to identify his birth father as Canadian born William Shatner," according to petershatner.com, a website registered by Sloan.

The lawsuit (PDF) states that Sloan met Shatner in November 1984 on the set of his TV series "T.J. Hooker." At the meeting, the lawsuit says, Shatner "admitted" he was Sloan's father, but when Sloan followed up with a phone call days later, Shatner "became agitated and hung-up the phone."

A representative for Shatner called Sloan back and told him Shatner "is totally denying paternity at this point." Sloan suggested a DNA test but was "rebuffed," the suit says.

Sloan established petershatner.com in 2009 and started a radio show in the Tampa area as "Peter Shatner."

An attorney for William Shatner then contacted Sloan and told him that Shatner had "confirmed to me once again that he is not your father."
Sloan alleges that Shatner's social media director posted "malicious, libelous and slanderous statements about the Plaintiff (Sloan) on Facebook and Twitter." He also says Twitter and IMDBPro have shut down accounts related to him.

Sloan is seeking $30 million in compensatory damages, $90 million in punitive damages and $50 million for pain and suffering. He is also demanding a jury trial.

CNN has reached out to Shatner's representatives for comment.
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OH SHAT YOU SAUCY MINX

Here's the bastard's website: Peter Shatner
 
I read about this in the paper this morning. That's a lot of money he's asking for. If he just wanted to know for sure if the Shat was his dad, then I'd have some sympathy, but all that money makes me think he's a fruitcake.
 
Hard to feel sorry for the guy since he is making it all about big money. $30 mil to compensate him for what? That's assuming Bill would have ever spent that much money on him if Bill had raised him as his son.
 
I guess the money is for the 30 years he's spent making a fool of himself trying to get Shatner to acknowledge him.

So I doubt he will get a dime.
 
I'm curious what Shatner's media directer posted that was "malicious, libelous and slanderous statements about the Plaintiff (Sloan) on Facebook and Twitter."
 
Cassie said:
I read about this in the paper this morning. That's a lot of money he's asking for. If he just wanted to know for sure if the Shat was his dad, then I'd have some sympathy, but all that money makes me think he's a fruitcake.
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Makes me think he's a leech.
 
I read something else in the paper this morning, and I think it said that this guy's birth mother was in an episode of Star Trek, but I can't remember the name of the episode or IF IT EVEN SAID THAT :rwmad:
 
Kirk was a rolling stone. No telling how many little Kirks there are out there in the multi-verse.
 
I searched for updates and found none, other than a National Enquirer article from last month saying the Shat filed for the suit to be dismissed. But that could have happened months ago, since the Enquirer is a shit paper that lies about celebs all the time and is now a propaganda tool for Trump on top of it.
 
I stopped following him a while back. As far as I'm aware it's only actually him if he signs off with "my best, Bill" or "mbb". The rest of the time it's one of his assistants who post any old crap in his name. They usually seem to be picking fights with people or making obscure references to sci-fi shows the real Shat is most likely completely unaware exist.
 
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