Imperial Valley press., 1943-07-14
Mother of -Four
Says Star Father
Of Infant Girl
(Continued from mage u

a party of friends over TO Ell Centre
TO have another drink. I was sur
prised when we got outside to his
car to find that we were alone.
Il went to his hotel room in e
Centre to have a drink. He seduced
me the same night.
II stayed with him during the re-
mainder of his stay in the Imperial
| Valley-Some two or three weeks.
Fonda, who enlisted in the navy
as an apprentice seaman last Aug
ust and was granted short leave
to complete work on The Immortal
Sergeant" is now a Quartermaster
third class aboard a destroyer at
sea out of Bremerton, Wash.
He could not be reached for COM
ment. His wife, the former Frances
Seymour Brokaw, New York social
ite, said that Mrs. Thompson's
paternity claim was false and that
lie and her husband had never
heard of the woman.
Mrs. Thompson, speaking while
her three attorneys stood by her
side, said she accepted Fonda's in
vitation for dunk because she
believed the rest of the party would
come to his room within few min
uteS.
is DIVORCED
She said she was divorced two
years ago by navy man, then a
warrant officer and now an ensign.
They had three children. Mrs.
Thompsons suit charged that Shar-
on, her fourth child born month
ago, was the result of her intimacy
with the screen star.
At present, she said, she is not
employed, although she previously
had done some Secretarial work. She
said she was unable to pay medical
expenses attending Sharons birth
and asked in her suit for $1,000 a
month support plus medical and
attorney fees.
Born in Brawley and schooled
there, Mrs. Thompson said she had
lived in Long Beach, Cal, for the
past eight years with her mother,
whose name was not divulged.
Things were a bit hazy for me
that night" she said, referring to
the hours she said she first spent
with Fonda. Il was not under the
influence of liquor, however.
Il never saw Fonda after he left
The Imperial Valley. During his
ftay, however, I met other actors
Who were with Fonda on the picture.
including Thomas Mitchell, Allyn
JoSl;n and Morton Lowry"
Tall and slender, Mrs. Thompson
said she weighed ITO pounds. She
wore powder blue suit with yellow
silk blouse, web stockings and brown
shoes. Her mouth appeared small
and cherub-like.
She said She became aware of her
pregnancy six weeks later. She
consulted her attorneys in Long
Beach.
PREPARED STATEMENT
The attorneys, Julian Van Dyke.
John Finley and j. Merrill Levy, is
sued a prepared statement to re-
porters saying they had carried on
negotiations with counsel for Fon-
da for several months.
When satisfactory ARRANGEMENTS
could not be made we were forced
10 file suit" the lawyers said.
Personal service of Fonda in the
suit appeared impossible, the attor-
neys said, and they hoped his law
yer would file an appearance to
permit hearing in open court OF
their clients allegations.
During her questioning by news
men she appeared fidgety. and
twirled pair of dark glasses in her
hand
The interview ended a mystery
that had developed over Mrs
lhompson's identity when newsmen
mad difficulty in contracting her.
Reached after several hours of
Trying, TWO OF Mrs. Thompson's three
attorneys refused to make anv
statement, but promised one later"
ihey would not identify their client
beyond saying she was in delicate
neaith since the childbirth, and Of
Iered no elaboration of the charge.
Inc other attorney said he was i'll
aC the time the case was pre- eoared
and was unfamiliar with it.
An three agreed they might have
oliilculty in serving papers on Fon-
da.
The 35-year old actor, now a quar-
termaSter third class, is somewhere
on the ocean, the 18th naval dis
trlct reported.
Attorneys acting in Mrs. Thomp-
sons behalf slipped into superior
court just before closing yesterday
and filed a brief complaint setting
forth the charge without detail.
1t said Fonda was the father of a
baby girl born June 81. Shs was
named Sharon 1t asked, beside. tne
$1,000 monthly, $1,000 medical fees
and disqualification, $4,000 attor-
neys fees, and $4,000 court costs.
FONDA makes more than 100000
a year, the complaint said