He's kind of goofy.

At a commencement speech in 2003, Carson told the crowd that he had been sued for paternity by a Florida woman who claimed to have given birth to his love child.

Carson:
"A few years ago I was in the operating room, and I got a phone call from one of the Hopkins attorneys, and they said that the state pf Florida was trying to attach my wages for child support. And I said “Well, I have three children, and I support them very well.”They said “No, there’s a lady in Florida who claims that you are the father of her son. And she has provided evidence of same. She told where you went to high school, where you went to college, where you went to medical school, where you did your internship and residency, how you went to Australia after that, she even has a picture of you in scrubs.” 

Update: According to the Florida Department of Revenue, there are a few holes in Carson’s story. According to their spokesperson, the state would not have contacted an employer based solely on a claim of paternity. “Wage attachment (income withholding) must be based on an income deduction order issued by a court or administrative tribunal. Before an income deduction order is issued, paternity must be established, if needed, and a support order established,” said the spokesperson in an email to Mediaite. Dr. Carson claims he learned of the claim through Johns Hopkins’ attorneys.


Carson:
"As the case advanced, I was asked to provide a blood specimen to facilitate DNA testing. I refused on the basis of the incompetence of any governmental agency that was willing to pursue a paternity suit on such flimsy grounds. I said that level of incompetence would probably result in my blood specimen being found at a murder scene and me spending the rest of my life in prison.Shortly thereafter, the suit was dropped with no further ramifications.

Update:
"The request for a blood sample could be accurate, depending on the timing of the claim. “Blood samples were used in Human Leukocyte Antigen testing. In approximately 1995/96, it changed to a buccal swab (tissue sample from inside of cheek) being used to complete DNA testing,” the Spokesperson said. While Dr. Carson is vague about the resolution of the matter, unless the claim was withdrawn, it could only have been resolved with a genetic test or a hearing in a Florida court, the spokesperson added.

Last edited by DollyLongstaff (11/10/2015 8:17 am)

Come to think of it, I've never read anything about Ben's father. I'll check it out and let you know if I find anything.
Have a great day.
 

I checked with one of my sources.
Here's what I found, so far.

Dr. Ben Carson is the son of Sonya (née Copeland) and Robert Solomon Carson, a Baptist minister who later worked at a Cadillac factory.
Carson's mother was 13 when she married Carson's father.
They divorced after Sonya discovered Robert had another family. Robert allegedly went back to his first family after the divorce.
(There's those Republican, Christian family values again.)
 

DollyLongstaff wrote:

Come to think of it, I've never read anything about Ben's father. I'll check it out and let you know if I find anything.
Have a great day.
 

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great because like you I have never read anything about his father and could not find any information on him at all

DollyLongstaff wrote:

At a commencement speech in 2003, Carson told the crowd that he had been sued for paternity by a Florida woman who claimed to have given birth to his love child.

Carson:
"A few years ago I was in the operating room, and I got a phone call from one of the Hopkins attorneys, and they said that the state pf Florida was trying to attach my wages for child support. And I said “Well, I have three children, and I support them very well.”They said “No, there’s a lady in Florida who claims that you are the father of her son. And she has provided evidence of same. She told where you went to high school, where you went to college, where you went to medical school, where you did your internship and residency, how you went to Australia after that, she even has a picture of you in scrubs.” 

Update: According to the Florida Department of Revenue, there are a few holes in Carson’s story. According to their spokesperson, the state would not have contacted an employer based solely on a claim of paternity. “Wage attachment (income withholding) must be based on an income deduction order issued by a court or administrative tribunal. Before an income deduction order is issued, paternity must be established, if needed, and a support order established,” said the spokesperson in an email to Mediaite. Dr. Carson claims he learned of the claim through Johns Hopkins’ attorneys.


Carson:
"As the case advanced, I was asked to provide a blood specimen to facilitate DNA testing. I refused on the basis of the incompetence of any governmental agency that was willing to pursue a paternity suit on such flimsy grounds. I said that level of incompetence would probably result in my blood specimen being found at a murder scene and me spending the rest of my life in prison.Shortly thereafter, the suit was dropped with no further ramifications.

Update:
"The request for a blood sample could be accurate, depending on the timing of the claim. “Blood samples were used in Human Leukocyte Antigen testing. In approximately 1995/96, it changed to a buccal swab (tissue sample from inside of cheek) being used to complete DNA testing,” the Spokesperson said. While Dr. Carson is vague about the resolution of the matter, unless the claim was withdrawn, it could only have been resolved with a genetic test or a hearing in a Florida court, the spokesperson added.

Carson:
"A few years ago I was in the operating room, and I got a phone call from one of the Hopkins attorneys, 

A phone call while in the operating room from the Hopkins attorneys, seriously? The good doctor needs to keep his mouth shut!

This is starting to sound like Duck Dynasty.