Ledger may have fathered a love child, claims uncle

DECEASED Hollywood actor Heath Ledger may have left a love child behind, a member of his family has claimed.

The late Australian actor’s uncle Haydn Ledger says Heath had a brief affair when he was 17 years old.

The woman, then aged 25, reportedly discovered she was pregnant after their relationship ended and she was living with another man.

“There is a very real possibility that Heath was the father,” Mr Ledger, the brother of Ledger’s father Kim, has told News Limited.

Another unnamed Ledger family source is also quoted as saying the woman “had the baby” and it was a girl.

Ledger already has one daughter with former fiancee Michelle Williams.

If it was confirmed that he had another child it could split his estate, News Ltd said.

Earlier this month, Kim Ledger called on his estranged brothers to stop commenting publicly on issues involving the late actor, including his will.

It has been reported that a will, written three years before Ledger’s daughter Matilda was born, leaves his entire estate to his parents and sisters.