Rock Asks Court to Determine Paternity Claim
STATESBORO, Ga. -- Chris Rock has asked a Georgia court to start paternity proceedings to determine if he's the father of a 13-year-old boy whose mother tried to file a paternity lawsuit against the actor and comedian last month.
Rock "desires to contribute to the support, maintenance, and education" of the boy if there's evidence to prove he's the father, according to papers that Rock's attorney filed Monday in Bulloch County Superior Court.
Kali Bowyer, who lives in Bulloch County, sought last month to file a paternity lawsuit against Rock seeking child support and medical coverage for her son, Jordan. She withdrew the lawsuit after court officials told her it was outside the southeast Georgia county's jurisdiction because Rock is a New Jersey resident. However, Rock, who has two young children with his wife of ten years, Malaak, is requesting that the matter be taken up in the Georgia court.
"She is looking forward to establishing that Mr. Rock is the father of their son and bringing the case to a swift conclusion," Brett Kimmel, Bowyer's attorney in New York, said Wednesday.
Kimmel declined to answer questions about what sort of relationship Bowyer claims to have had with Rock, or why she waited 13 years to seek a paternity claim. Bowyer told the Statesboro Herald last week that she and Rock "were friends and we spent time together."
Rock's attorney, John Mayoue of Atlanta, and his publicist, Leslie Sloane, did not immediately return telephone calls by The Associated Press seeking comment.
Rock recently directed and starred in the film "I Think I Love My Wife," and is behind the hit television series "Everybody Hates Chris," which is based on his childhood. |
Bloc Party, Justice to headline downtown LA fest
Bloc Party, Justice, Satellite Party and The Raveonettes are set to headline this year's LA Weekly Detour Festival on October 6.
The second annual festival takes place in the heart of downtown Los Angeles on Main and 1st Streets.
Also on the bill are Shout Out Louds, Autolux, Kinky, Scissors For Lefty and Noisettes.
Tickets for the event go on sale tomorrow (August 30) at noon PST via Ticketmaster.
Proceeds from the event will go toward Los Angeles environmental charity Tree People. |
Hot Hot Heat preview new album at Sunset Junction
Hot Hot Heat previewed new material from their forthcoming album at the Sunset Junction Street Fair in Los Angeles yesterday.
The Canadian rockers drew a huge crowd to the festival's main stage for their late afternoon set, which saw them run through old favourites 'Elevator' and 'Bandages' in addition to several songs from their new album 'Happiness Ltd'.
Although they had not performed in Los Angeles for some time, the crowd had not forgotten the words to their songs and sang along with frontman Steve Bays on several tracks. New numbers, including the album's catchy lead single 'Let Me In' and 'My Best Fiend' garnered a cheers from the audience.
"We haven't played LA too much lately, so thanks for coming out to show your love," Bays told the crowd.
Toward the end of the set, technical difficulties left guitarist Luke Paquin mute for a song, but he came back swinging for crowd-pleasers 'Talk To Me' and 'Good Night Good Night' before smashing the guitar as he left the stage.
"I was blown away by the vibe today," Bays told NME.COM after their set. "'My Best Fiend' always goes over well, even thought it's the heaviest song. It's kinda weird. Luke's guitar cut out at the end, but I think it turned out great overall." |