Local News in Brief : Child Support Sought
A Sylmar woman filed a petition Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming that singer-actor David Cassidy is the father of her 18-month-old daughter.
Sherry Williams, 35, is asking for $5,000 a month in child support and medical expenses from the former teen idol, said her attorney, Marvin Mitchelson. He said Williams and Cassidy have known each for 18 years.
A spokeswoman for Cassidy’s agent, Howard Goldberg, said Cassidy, 38, would not comment on the matter.
Williams, a former actress and model, met Cassidy when she made a guest appearance on the television series “The Partridge Family,” Mitchelson said. The show, which aired from 1970 to 1974, featured Cassidy as a teen-age singer and musician in a family band.
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