ST. LOUIS - Attorneys for St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery claim to have new evidence that disproves a nepotism allegation made by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.

The nepotism claim is part of a lawsuit filed by Bailey in June, outlining six counts, including a nepotism claim which accuses Montgomery of hiring his half-brother, Malik Taylor, as a deputy.

According to the Post Dispatch, Montgomery's attorneys say that a 2016 DNA test, conducted during a child support case, shows Taylor and Montgomery have different fathers. A copy of a court order from the case shows that genetic testing confirmed with 99.999998% certainty that Taylor's father is Mack Donald Taylor, not Whitfield Montgomery, who is listed as Montgomery's father.

Besides the nepotism claim in Bailey's lawsuit,

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