Let's not pretend that this situation is uncommon or that it only applies to rich people. The shakedown is reserved for mostly the rich but kids born out of illicit affairs is pretty common in the scheme of things. I am not condoning Jerry's behavior. But "judge not lest ye be judged". Jerry has to face his wife and kids. What he does in his private life has nothing to do with me. I have a hard enough time minding my own behavior.
But if he already paid out over $3 million to this woman and her/his daughter, I think he has been fair regardless of how much money has has. He paid her more than her mother could have possibly earned on her own, so she had a quality of life better than she would have had - and got a college education paid for. I imagine she was not complaining when she was in school or taking trips on Jerry's money afterwards. I am not hearing where this mother did not willingly have an affair with Jerry or that she was not equally responsible for having a kid.
But it reminds me of a story I once read a long time ago, like the 1970s. The article was actually an interview the a famous rock star whose name I cannot recall. The interviewer asked him about groupies. His answer surprised me. He said groupies were always hanging around but he never slept with groupies because he said most of them just wanted to get pregnant then sue for child support. He talked about a number of other rock band members who had that happen to them and they felt trapped into it afterwards.
Good people have a hard time believing or understanding the workings of a greedy, sinister mind. There are people who will do some pretty awful things for money. Not saying that's what these women are up to, but $3 million is a lot of money for an airlines ticket agent.
