Jude Law reportedly met the mother of his unborn child outside a nightclub. The "Sherlock Holmes" actor took 24-year-old model Samantha Burke to dinner after they met on the street outside New York's 1OAK nightclub in January.
The pair then went back to Jude's hotel room.
An insider told the New York Daily News newspaper: "They actually met after the club had closed, on the street. He took her to a diner around the corner and then to the Greenwich Hotel, where he was staying. She stayed over that night."
"In the morning, Jude had to make his call time so he left her in his hotel room. When she took off, she left him her phone number, and after a few days, he called back and said he'd like to take her out to dinner. They never did make that dinner - they just stayed in his hotel room."
Jude, 36, was said to be "stunned" to discover the brunette beauty is carrying his fourth child following a brief romance.
It has been claimed Jude - who was in New York filming "Sherlock Holmes" when he met Samantha - and the pregnant model only communicate through their lawyers.
A source said: "They don't speak. It was a brief affair anyway - they only slept together a handful of times. It was a fling, purely sexual."
Samantha's family are said to be deeply unhappy with Jude, with her father reportedly making an angry phone call to the actor after he asked for a DNA test to prove he is the father.
Samantha's grandmother Delores Burke said: "To say this family is mad at that man is an understatement."
"He has behaved as less than a gentleman. My son Denis is hopping mad. He feels that Jude Law took advantage of his little girl."
Jude has said he intends to be "a fully supportive part" of his new daughter's life.
Samantha is due to give birth in October and plans to name the baby Sophia.
Jude has three children - Rafferty, 12, Iris, eight, and six-year-old Rudy - with his ex-wife Sadie Frost.
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