Brooklyn-born rapper reportedly facing paternity suit in New Jersey court
Jay Z is reportedly facing a paternity suit in New Jersey from a
21-year-old man whose guardian claims in court papers that the megastar rapper
is trying to duck a DNA test to determine whether Hova is his poppa.
Rymir Satterthwaite, a Jersey resident originally from Philadelphia,
claims that his mother, Wanda, hooked up with Jay Z in the early 1990s, before
the product of Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses became one of the world’s leading
rappers — and well before Jay’s marriage to Beyoncé, according to a National Enquirer report.
Satterthwaite’s legal guardian, a paralegal named Lillie Coley, filed
the suit in a New Jersey civil court in December 2014, the Enquirer reported
Wednesday.
The Daily News could not immediately reach Satterthwaite or a rep for
Jay Z, to request comment.
The report indicated that the question of Satterthwaite’s parentage
goes back to at least 2010. That year Wanda tried to force Jay Z in family
court to submit to a paternity test after it was determined that another man
was not the boy’s father, according to the Enquirer report.
The case was dismissed by New Jersey Superior Court Judge Edward
McBride, Jr., according to the Enquirer. McBride tossed the case because he
found that he did not have jurisdiction — Jay Z’s lawyer had argued that the
superstar lives in Manhattan, not the Garden State, according to the Enquirer.
But McBride’s decision opened the door for a claim to be pursued in
civil court. In the civil suit, Satterthwaite’s guardian accuses Jay Z — real
name Shawn Corey Carter — of providing “fraudulent” information to the judge —
namely his claim that he lives in Manhattan when he reportedly owns real estate
in New Jersey.
Jay Z and Beyoncé married in 2008 and had a daughter, Blue Ivy Carter,
in January 2012. The couple was met with controversy in May of last year when a
video emerged of Beyonce’s sister, Solange Knowles, attacking Jay in an
elevator while her famous sister stood by and did not intervene. The now-famous
elevator smackdown video was filmed at the Standard Hotel in Manhattan; the
three were leaving an after-party for the Met gala.
The video fueled rumors that Jay Z and Beyoncé had hit a rough patch in
their marriage, but in October of last year the couple reportedly renewed their
vows while on holiday in Europe.
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