February 28, 2012

The U.K.’s Daily Star apologizes for saying a man was a deadbeat dad:

IN our article “Mum blasts Lewis for abandoning baby” published on Sunday, January 8, 2012 we said that darts world champion Adrian Lewis had not paid a penny towards the upbringing of his daughter since separating from her mother and that he had effectively disappeared and abandoned her.

We accept that this is untrue. In fact Mr Lewis has made regular and substantial payments to his ex partner and has tried to maintain a relationship with his daughter.

We sincerely apologise to Mr Lewis for any distress or embarrassment our article may have caused.

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