Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

‘Some Indians’ among Imran’s 5 illegitima­te kids, says exwife

- HT Correspond­ent

NEWDELHI: Journalist Reham Khan, who was briefly married to Imran Khan, has claimed in her autobiogra­phy that the cricketer-turned-politician told her that he sired at least five illegitima­te children, including “some” Indians.

Reham Khan, a Britishpak­istani journalist, makes a number of claims in her self-titled autobiogra­phy about Imran Khan’s love life, including his alleged affair with a Bollywood superstar of the 1970s who was considered “one of the sexiest heroines of all time” and his efforts to completely dominate her while they were married.

Perhaps the most damning allegation of all in the book is Reham Khan’s claim about Imran Khan’s illegitima­te children, which has already stirred up a storm on social media in Pakistan, where PDF versions and e-copies of the book are being widely shared and circulated although it is not officially available in that country. Reham Khan, 45, writes that the issue of the 65-year-old Imran’s illegitima­te children came up while discussing Tyrian, his daughter with the late socialite Sita White, in 2015.

In 1997, a Los Angeles court ruled that Khan was the father of Tyrian though he had refused to undergo a paternity test. Before her death in 2004, White made Khan’s first wife, Jemima Goldsmith, Tyrian’s guardian.

Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) party haven’t reacted to the claims made in Reham Khan’s book. A PTI spokesman did not respond to phone calls and messages. Reham Khan writes: “After a few weeks of our marriage, as we discussed Tyrian, Imran casually added, ‘You know she isn’t the only one I have.’

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 ?? EPA FILE ?? Imran Khan with Reham Khan at his home in Islamabad.
EPA FILE Imran Khan with Reham Khan at his home in Islamabad.

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