Alfie Patten was a child himself when he discovered he was the father of a little girl. At age thirteen, the birth of his daughter made Alfie the youngest father in the world, but the craziness had only just begun. Read on to find out how this dad got caught in a web of lies…
Alfie Patten
Alife Patten lived a normal life in Eastbourne, Britain. He had a good home life and lots of friends, as well as a girlfriend named Chantelle Stedman. For Alfie, things were good, but his life was about to turn upside down…
An Announcement
His girlfriend, fifteen at the time, approached Alfie with the shocking news. She was pregnant and he was the father. He couldn’t believe it. But the details all made sense…
Childhood Lost
Alife was twelve at the time that he and Chantelle slept together. His voice hadn’t even dropped yet. It was only once! But the worst of it was the attention he got from classmates and friends…
Recognized Everywhere
“The attention I drew was incredible. Wherever I went, people recognized me. I could not leave the house for weeks. I had to leave school.” Alfie said of the frenzy following him. It only got worse with media reporting…
Tabloid Dream
The tabloids immediately caught wind of the boy’s new fatherhood. Every news outlet in town wanted a look into his life. It was all too much for the young child…
Fickle Finances
The media and friends all said the same thing–Alfie Patten was far too young to take care of a baby. The finances alone made him a poor parent (in more ways than one). His response to their worries didn’t help concerns…
Lost and Confused
When asked if he has the financial means to care for a baby, Alfie replied: “What is financial?” The media had a field day with this quote…
Unfit Parent
Reports attacked the young boy for not having a job, having no idea what it took to raise a child. The mother didn’t have things easy either…
Labor Intensive
Chantelle Stedman went through 5-hour labor to give birth to her baby girl, named Maisie Roxanne. Alfie couldn’t believe his new life…
Alfie Meets Maisie
“When I held Maisie for the first time, it was amazing.” Alfie said of meeting his daughter “I was too young to understand the consequences of being a dad, but I wanted to keep it and I loved her right away.” His little girl was a miracle…
Weighing In
The little Maisie was a miracle birth, as she weighed only 3.5 pounds. Doctors couldn’t believe she was alive, but Alfie’s own mother couldn’t believe something either…
Nicola’s Take
Alfie’s mother, Nicola, started to get suspicious. Her son was eager to take on the role of a father, and Chantelle was eager to let him. Nicola was not so excited about the opportunity…
Not Adding Up
She sat her son down and asked him, point-blank, how it all happened. He stared back at her, seemingly a little confused. She wasn’t making any sense…
Dazed and Confused
“When I tried to talk to him about exactly how it should happen,” she told a news source “he seemed lost.” She decided to investigate the claims…
Paternity Test
Nicola requested that her son Alfie conduct a paternity test. She didn’t believe he was Maisie’s true father, and he complied. The results were unpredictable…
The Results
The test showed definitively that Alfie was not the father. Maisie was not his daughter. Alfie was heartbroken…
Absolutely Crushed
Alfie couldn’t believe the lies. “I was crying for days and not going out of my room” he cried. But that wasn’t even the worst part…
Kept Apart
Chantelle was just as confused as Alfie was, but since he was not the father, he had no reason to be in Maisie’s life. As a result, she cut off all contact with him…
Brokenhearted
“To make things worse,” says Alfie “I’ve never seen Maisie ever since Chantelle and her family were aware that I was not the dad.” But who was the true father?
Boys Speak Out
A few local boys took the paternity results harder than others. They were sure if Alfie was the father, they were in the clear, but Chantelle didn’t let the other boys off easy…
Local Celebrity
Chantelle had become a local celebrity for taking boys virginities. The teens often went to her hoping to have their first sexual experience, so a number of them could have been the father…
Tyler’s Escapade
Tyler Baker was thirteen when he slept with Chantelle. Like Alfie, it was only one time, but that one time might have been enough to be Maisie’s father…
Alfie’s Confusion
Nicola was relieved, but this opened an interesting issue. “Alfie truly believed he was a dad. I asked him repeatedly if he was sure about this. Was he certain he had lost his virginity and could be the father of a child?” the answer? No…
Father of the Father
Nicola revealed Dennis, Alfie’s father, had pushed the boy into the media spotlight. “Lots of people thought he wasn’t the father, in my family Âanyway, but Dennis took over and I didn’t do anything to stop it. I didn’t know how to,” said Nicola.
Mad Mom
“I was fuming.” said Nicola, “People said we lived on some scummy estate. I’ve got nothing against council Âestates. I grew up on one.” People were dragging the family through the mud in the media…
A Family Bullied
People attacked the parents for their upbringing of Chantelle and Alfie, which Nicola didn’t understand fully. “Alfie wasn’t a tearaway from a broken home. We were a nice family,” she said. People decided to look into their parenting…
A Closer Look
Reports came forward that the kids, Alfie and Chantelle, were often seen in sexual positions in local Eastbourne gardens. It only got worse from there…
Staying the Night
Another report shared that Alfie often stayed the night at Chantelle’s house, sharing a room and even keeping clothes at her place. Dennis’s father seemed to be at the center of the story…
Business Interest
When one news outlet reached out to Dennis’s mother about her great-granddaughter, she said she was reluctant to”interfere with my son’s business interests,” referring to Alfie. There was a national outcry…
Britain Rates
Britain has the highest rate of underage pregnancy in Western Europe despite sex education starting at age 5 in most schools. Hopefully, Alfie stays out of those statistics for now…