Van Morrison: Declaration of birth fiction "total"

LOS ANGELES - Reclusive Irish singer Van Morrison, on Thursday, when a hacker claimed a false report on its website that he has planted a fourth child at the age of 64 with a new partner. The false report was published on Monday by a Los Angeles-based publicist for Morrison, Phil Lobel. The journalist was amended Thursday quoted an unidentified Associated while retrieving the report from the Morrison site. The false report was picked up by several news organizations including Associated Press, as well as sites of celebrities and British newspapers. The false report on the website Morrison argued that a woman identified as Gigi just had a son with Morrison. The singer has released a statement Thursday emphasized by an international public relations agency that the report was absolutely false and http://www.vanmorrison the product of a malicious hacker attack on its official website. com. This seemed to be the latest in a series of hoaxes rapid growth in the Internet age. To see more Digital Filous false images, facts and press releases on the Web sites and video sharing sites, how fast is the spread of traditional and new media. Said John Saunders, president of the European branch of the American public-relations firm Fleishman-Hillard Inc., he contacted Morrison and his wife, Michelle, after the reports and I find it hard to believe. He said the couple did not have any knowledge of them and originally referred to want to answer. "The reports were complete and utter fiction. None of this was true," Saunders said in a telephone interview. Deal "But Van usually do not feel the need, with the media when the news good, bad or indifferent. And Michelle Van purposely stay away from the spotlight. They were not aware of these reports were false traction Get the world. "said Saunders, a longtime friend of the couple, he persuaded her to make a declaration after several calls, texts and e-mails. Lobel, a longtime publicist in Los Angeles, citing dozens of entertainment and enterprise customers - including Morrison - on its website the company has claimed in an e-mail Monday that Morrison had asked disseminate the announcement of the birth. Before sending its history on Monday, i, gen annt AP Lobel, to ensure that the e - mail is genuine, confirmed Lobel. Unanswered after the rejection of Morrison's report on Thursday, repeated requests by phone and e-mails from the AP Lobel. Finally, a reporter visited the West Hollywood offices of his company's public relations, communications Lobeline. A man who resembles Lobel opened the door and identified himself as a guest visiting from out of town. The man said he would examine whether there was Lobel said, then, that the public was in an airplane. A few minutes later, sent one person to say as a partner in Lobel, an e-mail on behalf of the public to the journalists that we Lobel, "said his press," the statement recognized problem that had his office "on information from has been the official website of Van Morrison, who now says, was abducted passed. " "If Van Morrison with regret the confusion this has caused," said the statement. A partner who has sent declaration has refused to identify. Lobel finally a call to the AP confirmed the unknown employee was speaking on his behalf, but the journalist refused to elaborate on this issue. Morrison site undergoing rehabilitation after 28 December piracy, the second to the meetings since October. Visitors to the site Thursday were invited to a news service e-mail could not accede to browse its contents. In his prepared statement, Morrison said he remains "very happy marriage with Michelle Morrison, his partner since 1992 and mother of two children aged 3 and 2. Once the claims brought to our attention, they are removed from the site, but not before the news organizations repeated the same lies, "his statement." The comments, which appeared on my site are mine. They are completely and utterly groundless. "Saunders said Morrison did not speak to the media directly, and to celebrate the new year n with his wife and children." There has never done interviews about his personal life. Van was consistent on this point, "he said. Previous marriage of Morrison that ended in divorce in 1973, produced a daughter, California singer-songwriter Shana Morrison. It is from time to time with his father. ___ Associated Shawn Pogatchnik Press contributed to this report from Dublin.