I want DNA test (just to be sure I really am the father) demands Jude Law



Jude Law is to demand a DNA test to check he is the father of a pregnant model's child.

The actor has vowed to stand by Samantha Burke if she is carrying his baby, but has apparently told friends he wants to be '100 per cent certain' that the child is his.

His demands for a paternity test have angered the American model's family, who insist he is the father and said his behaviour was not up to the standards of an 'English gentleman'.



Who's the daddy: Jude Law has wants model Samantha Burke, seen here at her parent's Florida home, to take a paternity test to prove she is carrying his child



Miss Burke's grandmother said he had taken advantage of the 'young, innocent and silly girl' whose father had 'read him the riot act'.

Delores Burke said: 'To say this family is mad at that man is an understatement.



'He has behaved as less than a gentleman. My son Denis is hopping mad. He feels that Jude Law took advantage of his little girl.'



The paternity test could be carried out while Miss Burke, 24, is pregnant but carries a risk of harming the baby or even bringing on early labour.



Fling: Jude Law, pictured last night after a performance of Hamlet, met Samantha while filming Sherlock Holmes in New York

Instead Miss Burke, who is seven months pregnant, has told relatives the DNA tests will be carried out once the baby, said to be a girl, is born.

Reports last week suggested that Law, 36, would not insist on a paternity test and Miss Burke's lawyers released a statement saying he had been 'nothing but supportive'.



But he was said to have told friends that he was not certain he was the father of the child, whose mother has already named her Sophia.

A friend told the News of the World: 'At the moment Jude doesn't know for sure he is the father. He thinks he is - but he wants to be 100 per cent certain. There has been a lot of speculation. But if it is his baby girl he'll be there for her every step of the way.'



Model behaviour: Samantha's grandmother spoken out against Jude saying he took advantage of the 24-year-old

Miss Burke's lawyers have indicated that she wants a sizeable payout from Law, including a percentage of his future earnings.



He makes around £3million a movie and such a deal, which would cost him millions, could be a factor in his apparent change of heart over the DNA test. He has already paid a £6million lump sum to his ex-wife Sadie Frost, the mother of his three children.

Miss Burke, who is staying with her mother Lea in Pensacola, Florida, was said to have told Law about their child in a letter within the past month.



The pair had a brief fling in New York last December while he was on location during the filming of his latest movie, Sherlock Holmes.

Unveiled: Samantha Burke appeared with her attorney on Saturday at her mother's home in Pensacola, Florida, with her bump bulging

Law was reported to have told Miss Frost, 44, that he only slept with the model once after a drunken party.



He said last week that he 'intends to be a fully supportive part of the child's life', but Delores Burke said he had not been in contact with her granddaughter.

Mrs Burke, 80, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, said the relationship between the model and Law had lasted a fortnight before he returned to Britain and 'dumped her cold'.



She added: 'She hasn't heard from him at all.'

Law's spokesman refused to comment on the paternity testing. Miss Burke last night attempted to distance herself from her grandmother's outspoken attack on Law.

In a statement, she said: 'Samantha, her mom, and her family can affirm that Jude has been responsive and supportive throughout the relationship and pregnancy, and know that he will remain so as a father once Baby Sophia is born.

'Jude and Samantha remain committed to the health and well-being of this child.'

