Chilean man wants TV host Don Francisco's DNA (Miami "Sabado Gigante")

[Judi Lynn]

Chilean man wants TV host Don Francisco's DNA
January 5, 2011

SANTIAGO, Chile—Don Francisco says he got a breakfast surprise Wednesday morning: a 43-year-old man wants to call him "papa."

The 70-year-old host of Univision's Miami-based Sabado Gigante show, whose real name is Mario Kreutzberger, says he's seeking legal help in Chile in response to the paternity claim, which was quietly filed last October and only surfaced Wednesday in La Cuarta, a Chilean newspaper.

"Today in the morning I learned in the media of this supposed paternity demand against me," Kreutzberger said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "I'm seeking legal help in Chile to analyze the existence of this supposed demand and according to that, will take the necessary steps."

The plaintiff, identified only as Patricio Abraham F., doesn't want money from the TV host, just a DNA test to determine his parentage, the man's lawyer, Boris Paredes, told Radio Cooperativa.

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http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2011/01/05/chilean_man_wants_tv_host_don_franciscos_dna/