Earlier this week, Adam Dell the father of 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi filed a suit for the full custody of their child 11-month-old daughter Krishna. And it seems Dell decided to get nasty by claiming that Lakshmi told him she had hoped he has nothing to do with the pregnancy.
According to the Daily Mail, in a 16-page suit filed in court Dell is claiming that when he and Lakshmi were dating in 2009, she was also dating 70-year-old IMG boss Ted Forstmann.
Lakshmi is currently in a relationship with Forstmann.
Dell is claiming that Lakshmi had hoped Forstmann was the father to Krishna and not Dell. He said Lakshmi refused to put his name on the birth certificate, "to minimize, if not eliminate [Dell's] role in Krishna's life and to install Forstmann as Krishna's father."
Dell also mentions that Lakshmi launched a cruel attack on him during a phone call in September 2009, calling him an 'unambitious' man with an 'uninteresting' career and 'unmemorable' friends.
The suit also claims that, "Forstmann declared that Lakshmi, Krishna and he are a "family" and they wished (Dell) would f*****g disappear."
However, Lakshmi's lawyer, Jay Silverstein, called Dell's suit "inaccurate and misleading" and is quoted saying, "We were in the process of negotiating permanent visitation rights when Dell terminated negotiations and this suit was filed. He remains more interested in garnering media attention than focusing on the welfare of his daughter."
Silverstein added that Lakshmi was looking forward to correcting the record in the courts and not in the press.
He said "'She (Lakshmi) is saddened and gravely disappointed that Mr. Dell has chosen a very public means of filing his petition with the court rather than doing so in a confidential or sealed manner which is customary in cases involving a very young child."
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