Man sues William Shatner over babydaddy claim

DID CAPTAIN KIRK boldly go where he shouldn't have gone?

Florida DJ Peter Sloan, 59, claims William Shatner is his biological father and is suing the Star Trek star for $170 million, the New York Post's "Page Six" reports.

Sloan says his mom, the late Kathy McNeil, did the deed with Shatner while they were acting in Toronto in the 1950s. People magazine says McNeil gave Sloan up for adoption five days after his birth.

Shatner has denied he's the daddy, according to court documents. But Sloan says Shatner admitted paternity more than 30 years ago, when the pair met on the set of T.J. Hooker.

That meeting went well, but Sloan says a fews days later a Shatner rep told Sloan by phone that Shatner was denying paternity and would not take a DNA test.

Sloan was asked not to go public with his claims.

In 2009, Sloan claims he met Shatner again and soon after started going by the name Peter Shatner.

Sloan/Shatner then received a letter from Shatner's lawyer, which claimed, per court documents, "There have been many people over the years who have claimed to be his children or other relatives. He is an incredibly busy, 80-year-old man, and is not interested in spending time discussing this issue with you or any such individuals."

Sloan/Shatner seeks $30 million in compensatory damages, $90 million in punitive damages - he claims Shatner has gotten various Internet services to shut down his accounts and harm his business - and $50 million in pain and suffering.

* Also getting sued? Elton John.

The Los Angeles Times reports he's being accused of sexual battery and harrassment by Jeffrey Wenninger, a decorated officer of the LAPD who worked for several years as an off-duty security guard for the rocket man.

The suit says John innapropriately touched Wenninger and made sexually suggestive comments between 2002 and 2014. John's people deny the charges.

"This baseless lawsuit is brought by a disgruntled former security officer seeking to extract an undeserved payment. These claims are patently untrue and contradicted by numerous previous statements made by this plaintiff. We will not give into his latest abuse of the legal system," John attorney Orin Snyder stated.

One of the things John is accused of saying is "Get your todger out." ("Todger" is British slang for "penis." Kind of like "wanker.")

Wenninger also claims John tried to touch his genitals and squeeze his nipples while the pair was in a car. He tried to resist physically and verbally, the suit says, but it didn't help. Kind of makes you wonder who Wenninger was protecting John from since he was uable to fend off the "Tiny Dancer" singer.

Wenninger is seeking unspecified monetary damages for his pain and suffering, medical bills and lost income.

* Marilynne Robinson, the acclaimed author of novels such as Gilead and Housekeeping, is this year's winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a lifetime achievement.

In a statement released Tuesday, acting Librarian of Congress David S. Mao cited the "depth and resonance" of Robinson's novels. Robinson, 72, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for Gilead, the first in a trilogy of Iowa-based novels that also includes Home and Lila.

* One of the best things about prolific author James Patterson selling lots of books is that it provides him with more money to give away.

The author and literary philanthropist told the Associated Press on Tuesday that for a second year he's donating $1.75 million to the country's school libraries.

Patterson's School Library Campaign, in partnership with Scholastic Reading Club, gave hundreds of schools grants in 2015, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.

Applications for this year can be found on scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership.

Come on, Philadelphia. You've bought enough Alex Cross books. Hit the man up for your kids' schools.

- Daily News wire services

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