The family of John Edwards' former mistress, Rielle Hunter, is challenging the former senator to take a DNA paternity test after his claim that he did not father Hunter's 6-months-old child.
In the first reaction from Hunter's family, her younger sister Melissa told ABC News that Edwards should immediately follow through on his pledge to take a paternity test.
"I would challenge him to do so," the sister said.
"Somebody must stand up and defend my sister," she said. "I wish that those involved would refrain from bad-mouthing my sister."
In his interview with ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff acknowledging the affair, Edwards said he knew the child was not his because of "the timing" of the pregnancy and the affair.
"I would welcome participating in a paternity test," Edwards said. "I'm only one side of the test, but I'm happy to participate in one."
Hunter left her Santa Barbara home earlier this week in advance of Edwards' ABC News interview.
She had been hired to produce Web documentaries for the Edwards campaign, at a cost of $114,000, even though she had no filmmaking experience.
Edwards said the affair began only after she was hired. The two had initially met at a New York city hotel bar, according to friends of Hunter.
How many believe that last paragraph? I have no filmmaking experience - would John Edwards hire me to make his campagn documentaries?
If Edwards is not the father of the child, and he didn't love Ms. Rielle, why did he feel the need to visit her at 2:30 in the morning? There are still a lot of questions that need to be answered before the heat will die down on Edwards.
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