Film director sues ex-wife in NYC, says she duped him into believing he fathered her child

Film director sues ex-wife in NYC over paternity

NEW YORK — Horror film director Andrew Douglas claims his ex-wife tricked him into believing he had fathered her daughter.

Douglas says in a lawsuit he wants Ameena Meer to pay him nearly $700,000 — the amount he says he paid in child support over 17 years.

According to court papers filed in Manhattan state Supreme Court, Douglas says he began to suspect he wasn’t the child’s father last summer after the girl asked him about his blood type. He says a paternity test confirmed that.

Meer says Douglas’ claim is not true. She is a writer who heads an organization that supports a proposed mosque near ground zero.

The two married in 1992, and Meer gave birth the following year. The couple later split up.

Douglas’ movies include the remake of the 1979 film “The Amityville Horror.”