Editing Clonaid (section)

===Request for a DNA verification test===
Michael Guillen, a former ''[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]'' science editor, made an agreement with Boisselier for him to choose independent experts to test for a [[DNA]] match. Clonaid refused to identify the independent experts, because if revealed too soon, others could track the baby from the testing place into the mother's house. Clonaid said the parents had the final say on whether they want to test the baby and that a Dutch lesbian couple would be the parents of the next cloned baby.<ref name="Wired News: Clonaid Baby: A Clone or a Fake?">[https://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2002/12/57001 Wired News: Clonaid Baby: A Clone or a Fake?], ''[[Wired News]]''. December 30, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2007.</ref> Boisselier said she would hand over the evidence to show that a clone had been born but was concerned that the details of Clonaid's cloning procedure might leak out.<ref name="CNN.com - Clonaid: Baby 'clone' returns home - Jan. 1, 2003"/> The next day, Vorilhon claimed that the baby was healthy.  He said those who are against cloning for ethical reasons would be dismayed if the clone baby was in good condition.<ref name="CNN.com - Clonaid: Baby 'clone' returns home - Jan. 1, 2003">[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/12/30/human.cloning/ CNN.com – Clonaid: Baby 'clone' returns home – 1 January 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517202735/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/12/30/human.cloning/ |date=May 17, 2008 }}, ''[[CNN]]''. January 1, 2003. Retrieved September 9, 2007.</ref>

Thomas Kaenzig refused to testify in a court hearing, but Florida judge John Frusciante Sr., father of musician [[John Frusciante]],<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=John Frusciante: Broward judge's guitarist son enters rock hall of fame |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2012-04-17-fl-judge-rocker-20120416-story.html |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel  |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> was able to convince Kaenzig through a telephone call to reveal some of the details.  Kaenzig testified that Clonaid left him ignorant of the cloning project and that it was not even a corporation. The judge summoned Kaenzig and Brigitte Boisselier to a Florida court and warned the two that they would be condemned if they did not show there on January 29, 2003.<ref name="Clonaid exec expected in court Wednesday">[http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/28/clonaid.hearing/ Clonaid exec expected in court Wednesday], ''[[CNN]]''. January 28, 2003. Retrieved September 9, 2007.</ref> As the court case played out, Boisselier testified under oath that she saw videos of a cloned child born in Israel.<ref name="Where is the Clone?"/>

Michael Guillen was disappointed when he discovered that Clonaid withdrew their offer to provide the tests. The company said that before the tests were done, the parents wanted to be sure that their baby would not be sent away, but Florida attorney Bernard Siegel asked that a guardian for Eve be appointed and threatened the company with a lawsuit.<ref name="Where is the Clone?" /> Guillen, who remained skeptical, said it would be unwise to dismiss the Clonaid project without proper confirmation.<ref name="Reporter caught in the wreckage of Clonaid story">[https://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2003-01-07-media-mix_x.htm Reporter caught in the wreckage of Clonaid story], ''[[USA Today]]''. January 7, 2003. Retrieved September 9, 2007.</ref>