Alfie in Paternity Scam
Teenage father Alfie Patten is the victim of an evil scam designed to extort money from the media.
Earlier this week the UK was rocked by news that baby-faced Alfie Patten, 13, had fathered a child to 15-year-old Chantelle Stedman in Eastbourne.
In the days that followed doubts were raised about the child's parentage. Several local lads came forward saying they had slept with the promiscuous schoolgirl around the time baby Maisie Roxanne was conceived.
Clive Sim, a friend of the Stedman family, says that Chantelle's mother Penny ordered her to pretend that Alfie was the father in order to gain lucrative media exposure.
Mr Sim told the Mirror: "Penny told Chantelle to keep quiet about other boys because they wouldn't get any money.
"They know that Alfie being the dad makes a better story. I think there's a big scam going on here."
He went on to condemn the way Alfie and Chantelle were being exploited, saying: "Alfie may not be an angel and nor is Chantelle. But at the end of the day they are only children and it is the adults around them making bad decisions based on money, not their welfare."
According to reports both families are keen to have the issue of parentage resolved by DNA testing.
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has launched an investigation into the way the Sun and People newspapers paid for Alfie Patten's story.
The newspapers stand accused of breaching clause 6 (iv) of the PCC's Editors' Code of Practice, which states: "Minors must not be paid for material involving children's welfare, nor parents or guardians for material about their children or wards, unless it is clearly in the child's interests."
With the revelation that Chantelle was the village bike it wouldn't surprise me at all if Alfie turned out not to be the father.
I just hope the parents involved know what they're letting themselves in for. The scummy tabloids are happy to pay for the story today, but they'll not hesistate to twist the knife tomorrow.
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