NSYNC's Joey Fatone: Paternity Scam Exposed

0:00It's April 28th. This is entertainment and celebrity news, AI-powered stories from the world of fame. I'm Cory with the story. Joey Fattone from NS Once just opened up about a while paternity scam from back in the day. A woman showed up at his parents house, claiming her kid was his daughter, right after their first show together in 1996. She even hit him with a lawsuit demanding a blood test, complete with a fake birth certificate that had his name on it. His mom called him in a panic while he was on tour, and the woman got on the phone acting like they had history from that one night. Turns out, she wasn't after child support. She wanted to snap photos of him heading into the test and sell them to tabloids for quick cash. Fattone thought his whole career was done for in that moment, freaking out over the possibility of a secret kid. His family was losing it too, especially his mom. The whole thing shook him up bad, but the scam unraveled fast when he figured out her real motive. No real legal fight happened, it was all just a ploy for money from the drama.

1:01These days, Fattone's got his own real family with two daughters, Brianna, who's 25 and Chloe who's 16 from his ex-wife. Stories like this from his new docky series show the dark side of fame he never expected.