Lauren Boebert apologizes for false claim

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For years, Rep. Lauren Boebert’s mother has maintained that a retired professional wrestler named Stan Lane, with whom she had a fling in the 1980s, was the congresswoman’s biological father.

A court-ordered paternity test completed decades ago showed that, in fact, Lane was not the dad. But some doubts on the Boebert side of things persisted because the lab worker who took Lane’s blood sample was later convicted of taking a bribe to switch vials in another case.

Because of those questions, last month, the Colorado Republican and Lane agreed to take another round of tests and put the matter to rest once and for all.

The results are in—and Boebert, 36, said the DNA analysis shows that Lane, 69, still isn’t her father.

When he agreed in May to take another test, he let Lauren Boebert have physical custody of the DNA sample so there could be no doubts about its accuracy.

“The results came back on May 11, 2023. They were conclusive that I had a 0.0% chance of being the biological father,” Lane added. “Once we both reviewed the results Lauren and I agreed that this matter is settled, and I accepted Lauren’s apology on behalf of herself and her mother.”

Boebert said they all agreed the results are bona fide: “It was kind of like ya, this is it, OK!” she said. “He has been wrongfully attacked, and he doesn’t deserve that.”

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