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Justin Bieber ‘baby’ saga text twist

By Eleanor Harley Nov 17, 2011, 16:16 GMT

Justin Bieber denies he fathered baby with Mariah Yeater. © Landmark / PR Photos

Mariah Yeater, the woman who claims to have had Justin Bieber’s baby, had the credibility of her story undermined today.

Celebrity website TMZ published texts allegedly sent by Yeater implying that Bieber is not the father.

20-year-old Yeater reportedly texted a friend begging him to delete any texts her mother sent stating that the child’s father was someone other than Bieber.

Yeater further went on to offer money in exchange for this favour. According to TMZ, the text read “Pleeease ERASE ALL MESSAGES from my mom where she says Tristyn is Robbies Son lll kick u when we get paid im trusting you pleeease.” [sic]

Yeater filed a paternity suit against the’ Never Say Never’ pop star, which has now been dropped. Her lawyer stated that they hope to resolve this issue out of court.

The 17-year-old singer has stuck by his statement that he had ‘never even met Yeater.’

In additional text messages on the TMZ website, Yeater expressed her concern that she had not heard from ‘Robbie’ who is named on the texts as being the child’s dad. She signs off on each text with Mariah laci. Laci is Yeater’s middle name.

Bieber’s lawyer, Howard Weitzman, issued the following statement about the texts:
“This information proves Mariah Yeater fabricated the story. Our independent investigation indicates Ms. Yeater never meet Justin, she has consistently identified another man as the child’s father, and Ms. Yeater and her co-conspirators hatched this scheme in order to extort money from him and to sell her story to the media. … There have been no settlement discussions and there never will be.”