Snipes loses arrest appeal
Wesley Snipes has lost a bid to cancel an arrest warrant stemming from a woman's claim that he is the father of her son.
The warrant for the Blade star's arrest was issued in New York City in 2003. His lawyer had argued that the woman had delusions about the star and that since Wesley Snipes lives in Florida, the New York court has no jurisdiction over him.
His lawyer maintains that the unnamed woman falsely said the actor had sex with her in a crack house and fathered her three-year-old child, when in fact they had never met.
He said she was mentally ill and that she had previously made accusations against other celebrities including Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Prince.
The lawyer had wanted to have the arrest warrant nullified and to prevent the actor's DNA being sought, but has failed in that mission.
