Billy Ray Fires Back: Demands Payment From Jayme Lee Over Claim That Miley Cyrus Isn’t His Daughter

So this is a wild one: a woman sued Billy Ray Cyrus claiming she, not Tish Cyrus, secretly gave birth to Miley back in 1992. A judge just tossed the case, and now Billy Ray wants his legal bill covered. Yes, really.

What the lawsuit claimed

Back in May, a woman named Jayme Lee filed suit in Tennessee saying she is Miley Cyrus' biological mother. If you do the math, that would have made Lee around 12 at the time. She said there was a private adoption deal with Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus, that Billy Ray then assumed the role of father without her consent, and that the whole thing caused her serious emotional distress.

She accused the 'Achy Breaky Heart' singer and Tish of breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and unlawful interference with parental rights. In an amended filing, she went even further, claiming they committed child abuse and endangerment by turning Miley into a public figure, and that no valid adoption ever happened because her supposed consent was obtained through fraud and duress while she was a minor who couldn't legally consent.

Lee also said she got to choose Miley's name and later worked as her nanny and piano teacher.

'At 12, in 1992, I was trying to find a lawyer to help me get visitation of Miley but I was brutally attacked and placed in a state of trauma until recently remembering how I came to be the parent of Miley.'

How Billy Ray responded (and why the judge dismissed it)

Billy Ray called the allegations 'delusional' and 'absurd,' and moved to dismiss. He argued the lawsuit was filed to harass him and his family and wasted the court's time and resources. His attorney pointed out a couple of big legal problems: under Tennessee law, you can't do an adoption without a court signing off on it, and the statutes of limitation would block these claims anyway.

A judge agreed and dismissed the case on December 5.

Now he wants his money back

With the case gone, new filings this week show the 64-year-old is asking the court to make Lee pay his attorney's fees: $7,564.13. Not exactly Marvel-movie-budget money, but still a bill he doesn't think he should eat after defending against a lawsuit he says never had a shot.

• May: Jayme Lee files suit in Tennessee claiming she birthed Miley in 1992 and entered a private adoption with Billy Ray and Tish.
• Amended filing: Adds claims of child abuse/endangerment, says no valid adoption papers existed due to fraud/duress and her being a minor; says she chose Miley's name and worked as nanny/piano teacher.
• Billy Ray's stance: Calls the claims 'delusional' and 'absurd,' seeks dismissal as harassment and a waste of court resources.
• Legal points: Tennessee requires court-approved adoptions; statutes of limitation bar the claims.
• Dec 5: Judge dismisses the case.
• This week: Billy Ray asks for $7,564.13 in attorney's fees.

Messy, bizarre, and now—for the moment—over. Unless Lee tries to revive it somehow, the next fight is just about who pays that $7.5k tab.