The battle for late soul legend James Brown's estate is set to intensify as DNA testing on about a dozen people who claimed he was their father has revealed that at least two of them were telling the truth.
Brown died on Christmas Day last year after being admitted to hospital with severe pneumonia. His will, which is being disputed in court, names six children.
Buddy Dallas, a former adviser to the 'Sex Machine' singer, said he could not confirm exact figures of new children as further test results were forthcoming.
He also refused to name any of the star's newly-discovered offspring, but a South Carolina newspaper reported that LaRhonda Petitt, a 45-year-old teacher, was one of them. Petitt showed The Augusta Chronicle a document which said there was a 99% probability she was Brown's daughter.
She claims the singer picked her mother out of the audience during a Los Angeles concert in the early 1960s and the couple began a relationship.
They broke up when her mother fell pregnant and moved to Houston, she told the paper.
According to the BBC, whether Petitt makes a claim to Brown's estate depends on whether his will holds up, said her lawyer, Jim Griffin.
But Petitt's two daughters should at least be eligible for a trust the musician set up to pay for his grandchildren's education, he added.
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