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Judge Jacks Snipes' Suit
Wesley Snipes may have lorded over the streets of New York in New Jack City, but when it comes to a court of law, that plot doesn't play.
The actor failed on Wednesday to persuade a New York-based federal judge to throw out an arrest warrant issued for Snipes relating to an embarrassing paternity matter.
Snipes sued the city in federal court last month to invalidate the warrant, which was issued by a New York Family Court judge more than a year ago and never acted on by police. Snipes claimed he was a resident of Florida and not subject to New York law, and the woman at the center of the paternity claim was mentally ill.
U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Preska tossed Snipes' complaint, saying the federal courts had no jurisdiction in the matter. Preska said Snipes was free to try to pursue his lawsuit in the state court system.
Snipes' lawyer, Robert Bernhoft, was predictably glum after the decision was announced Wednesday. "It's troubling that our client has to go through so much difficulty to vindicate his rights," he said.
At the heart of Snipes' quest for vindication is an Indiana-based paternity suit. A woman there has claimed Snipes fathered her son in 2000 after a romp in a Chicago crackhouse.
The 42-year-old Blade star has a son and a daughter from two other relationships, but he has denied sleeping with Pettis.
Although the entire matter could be cleared up if Snipes simply took a DNA test to prove he is not the father, the actor has so far refused to roll up his sleeve. Said Bernhoft, "Principles are more important than efficiency, doing the easy thing."
Bernhoft contends the Indiana woman who made the claim, 33-year-old Lanise Pettis, is an "obviously delusional" former crack addict with a history of making "fantastical" claims.
Snipes' lawsuit alleged that Pettis is mentally ill and has made similar claims involving Prince, Oprah Winfrey and former President Bill Clinton.
But Pettis says she has known Snipes "all her life" and wants a court to confirm his paternity of her son.
"I would have thought that anyone who has denied it to the hilt would have done anything to clear his name," the single mother told the New York Post last year.
Bernhoft has not indicated whether he will appeal Wednesday's ruling or refile the case in state court.
Snipes, meanwhile, has seen his latest film, Blade: Trinity, underperform. The third installment in the hit vampire-slaying saga has taken in about $51.8 million in domestic box-office receipts since its release Dec. 8, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
While his lawyer ponders the next move in the paternity case, Snipes will focus on his upcoming projects. He has two films in the pipeline this year, the cop drama Chaos and the heist flick 7 Seconds.
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