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The Bachelor’s Clayton Echard might need his fingers full if his ex can show that he fathered her unborn twins.
An unnamed lady, who has chosen to stay nameless, claimed in courtroom paperwork obtained by The Solar on Monday, September 18, that Echard, 30, obtained her pregnant after they’d a one-night stand.
Echard, nonetheless, claimed to the outlet in an announcement: “We didn’t have sexual activity.”
The 33-year-old lady, in the meantime, is demanding that Echard take a paternity take a look at forward of the beginning of her twins, who’re due in February. In keeping with the submitting, which was submitted on August 1, the pregnant lady “engaged in sexual exercise” with Echard on Could 20.
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She claimed that she “hadn’t been with anybody since March of 2022,” due to this fact Echard should be the twins’ father. Following two at-home being pregnant assessments, the girl claimed she went to an pressing care facility on June 1 the place they confirmed she is anticipating two infants.
Moreover, she claimed that she despatched a duplicate of the take a look at outcomes to Echard in June and alleged that he didn’t imagine she was pregnant. Later that month, she stated Echard requested her to come back over and take a take a look at so he might verify whether or not she was telling the reality.
He allegedly despatched her a message the next day that learn, “I needed you to come back over to substantiate what I used to be doubting. And you probably did verify that. So, I don’t see you as a liar anymore,” per the courtroom paperwork.
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The girl claimed that Echard beforehand agreed to take a paternity take a look at in August however after she put down a $725 deposit, he “refused” to undergo with it.
Echard, nonetheless, informed The Solar that he’s the one who has been asking for a paternity take a look at — paid by the girl — to type out her claims, including that he’s “not giving” the girl’s claims “the time of day as a result of it’s baseless.” (Echard has since agreed to take the paternity take a look at on September 26.)
Echard additional claimed within the courtroom paperwork that the case is “groundless and missing in benefit,” which is why he requested that he be awarded legal professional charges. Echard as soon as once more insisted that he and the girl in query “by no means had sexual activity.”
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The events are set to seem in courtroom on September 28 for an early decision convention.
Followers have been first launched to Echard when he competed on season 18 of The Bachelorette in 2021. He went on to turn out to be the Bachelor for season 26. On the finish of the present, Echard selected Susie Evans as his remaining rose, however she turned it down.
The pair finally gave their romance a second probability, however confirmed in September 2022 that they parted methods for good.
“Is there an opportunity down the highway that this might occur [again]? We don’t know,” Echard completely informed Us Weekly in February of a doable reconciliation with Evans, 30. “However, like, we will’t keep collectively any longer as a result of we’ve got nothing left to offer. It was robust. It’s a extremely exhausting place to be whenever you really feel prefer it’s outta your management. And also you make the choice, however in the end you’re feeling like the choice was nearly made for you by the skin.”
