Mooch: The baby ‘isn’t mine’
ANTHONY Scaramucci’s divorce is turning nasty, because he believes the newborn son whose birth he missed during his historically brief tenure in the White House is not his — and he is demanding a paternity test.
A source says the Mooch believes estranged wife Deidre Ball could have been impregnated by someone else while he was away building his now famously failed political career.
Deidre is horrified by the claim and insists the child is Scaramucci’s. She has upped the stakes by hiring top Manhattan divorce attorneys Bernard Clair and Dan Rottenstreich ( from powerful firm Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP) to make mincemeat of the Mooch in court. Clair and Rottenstreich declined to comment.
A source exclusively told Page Six, “He doesn’t believe that child is his. He is actually contesting the paternity of the newborn, which is the same as dropping a hand grenade into any divorce action . . . Deidre strongly rejects his claim . . . He will be easily proven wrong.” The source added that the paternity test had not yet been administered, and would be ordered by the judge presiding over the case in an upcoming hearing.
Page Six first revealed in July that fed-up Deidre, 38, had filed for divorce when she was nine months pregnant on July 6 at the Nassau County Court near their Manhasset, NY, home. She gave birth to their second son, James, in late July, and he was admitted for a short time to the neonatal intensive care unit at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Then-White House communications director Scaramucci didn’t come home until six days after the child’s birth and sent a text to his wife in the hospital saying, “Congratulations, I’ll pray for our child.” He was fired by President Trump just 11 days into his tenure. The Mooch’s attorney Leonard Sperber didn’t return calls. Scaramucci’s rep said in a statement to Page Six, “Mr. Scaramucci looks forward to resolving this case through appropriate legal channels with her chosen legal counsel.” He declined to comment on the paternity issue.