Growing up under the protection of his mother and coaches in his hometown of Akron, LeBron James never admitted that his father had abandoned him and his 饾槫饾槱饾槳饾槶饾槬ren.
At least three people have come forward to recognize LeBron James as a son, after he became the most popular NBA star a decade ago.聽The first is the family of Roland Bivins – a former basketball player.聽This man was 饾搥饾捑饾搧饾搧ed when James was eight years old and was unaware of his existence.
But when LeBron started creating a fever in the NBA in 2003, Bivins’ family immediately confirmed that James had the same bloodline as them.聽Claiming that this was a hoax to seek fame, LeBron never accepted a DNA test to see if he was Bivins’ son.聽The incident was also quickly forgotten.
Many people voiced their claim to be the father of LeBron James during the past decade.聽But Anthony McClelland is the name confirmed by James’ mother herself.聽Photo:聽ESPN聽.
The second is Bryce Stovell, an attorney in Washington.聽In 2010, he claimed to have slept with Gloria, James’ mother, for about a year before the top NBA superstar was 饾悰饾惃饾惈饾惂.聽Bryce even provided genetic data to prove he wasn’t lying.聽However, the results of James’ DNA samples showed that Bryce’s story was completely fabricated.
Finally, and most precisely, Anthony McClelland is the real father of LeBron.聽No need to speak up, no need for genetic testing, McClelland was acknowledged by Mrs. Gloria James herself.聽The American media, then, did a lot of investigative reports about McClelland’s background.聽The collected data shows that this man is almost certainly James’ biological father.
Mother and daughter LeBron James were abandoned in the most difficult time.聽That’s why the NBA star never intended to meet his biological father.聽Photo:聽ESPN聽.
Gloria James claims Anthony McClelland was her only 饾搱鈩潛島al partner in the years before LeBron was 饾悰饾惃饾惈饾惂.聽There is no love between them, but come together to satisfy carnal pleasures.聽“I couldn’t fall in love with a big gangster like Anthony. But he was attractive in it. Anthony’s muscular body and carefree personality made me agree to bed,” Gloria shared. in an interview with聽Time聽in 2010, when Bryce Stovell claimed to be the father of LeBron.
Anthony McClelland is exactly what Gloria describes.聽Tall build, face similar to LeBron James and an arrogant personality.聽Despite living at the bottom of society, McClelland has never been in the press seeking fame for being the father of LeBron James.聽The images that the US press publishes about him are mainly pictures taken in prison stored at the local police station.
According to Gloria, when she announced her pregnancy, McClelland made it clear that she was not interested in fatherhood.聽The gangster of the Akron railway district later goes to prison for theft.聽A few years later, when he was released from prison, McClelland was involved in drug dealings and murders in nightclubs.聽His number of incarcerations was, therefore, innumerable during LeBron James’ early years.
“He wasn’t the boy’s father in the usual way. As LeBron told me, he was just a ‘biological father.’ He didn’t notice LeBron’s existence, because he was still absorbed in life. We haven’t seen each other since I gave 饾悰饾悽饾惈饾惌饾悺 to LeBron. I never intended to see him again and never will,” Gloria confirmed.
The world might not be able to see LeBron James’ transcendental talent if his 饾槫饾槱饾槳饾槶饾槬hood had passed smoothly.聽Photo:聽AP聽.
At Christmas 2014, LeBron James wrote on Twitter to thank McClelland for abandoning his mother and son.聽“I thank him for not seeing me. Thanks to being abandoned by him, I am where I am today. He helped me go from $10 in my pocket to $100 million in my account. I have no excuses. to meet him, and vice versa,” LeBron declared like a nail.
Nearly a decade ago,聽ESPN聽first published information about McClelland, with suspicions that the man with multiple criminal records was LeBron James’ father.聽The article said that McClelland once intended to come and identify the famous son, but before he could do so, he was arrested and imprisoned.聽However, no one has yet verified this information.聽At the time, the NBA’s best player simply told聽ESPN聽: “I’ll keep some things far, far away from me.”
Currently, Anthony McClelland has completely disappeared and is no longer the target of investigation by NBA reporters in the US.聽Somewhere, he may still be watching LeBron play every week, winning prestigious prizes and making huge sums of money.聽McClelland, at some point, probably regretted abandoning James and his son.聽But after all, if he didn’t do that, the basketball world might not have a legend named LeBron James.