According to a source for Britain's News of the World, Eddie suspected that Mel was seeing someone else behind his back. He reportedly hired a detective to track his girlfriend and was given photographs that seemed to validate his suspicions. The insider said, "Eddie had his suspicions that Mel was becoming close to a guy he knows. He was furious when he saw the pictures. It does on the face of it seem spiteful to now doubt that he's the father of the baby, but as far as he is concerned he's been humiliated too. He is just evening the scores."

Despite the findings of Murphy's detective, Brown is standing by her claim that the child is Murphy's. She answered back, "Is that the best they can throw at me? It just goes to show how desperate Eddie has got. I may have met another man for entirely innocent purposes, but I was always faithful to Eddie. He is the father of my baby and he knows it."