A man in California has come forward purporting to be the son of late music legend EDDY ARNOLD - and is seeking a DNA test to prove it.
Arnold, dubbed the Tennessee Plowboy, died on 8 May (08) at the age of 89 and now Christopher Edward Tanner has staked a claim to his fortune, insisting he is the product of a fling between the country legend and his mother Arlene Tanner-Glynn.
Tanner has filed papers at Davidson County Chancery Court asking for Arnold's body to be exhumed in order for DNA testing to take place - which would prove whether the singer was his father or not.
The 47-year-old insists Arnold and his family were aware of his extistence and that he deserves a share of the inheritance.
However, Bryan Howard, an attorney for Arnold's estate, has cast doubt on Tanner's claims - branding the timing of his announcement suspicious.
He tells TMZ.com, "For one thing, what we've been told is that the petitioner is 47 years old, and it's pretty suspect that someone who really thought Eddy Arnold was his father would wait 47 years."
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