India, April 24 -- The Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel saga took a sudden turn on Thursday after PageSix and TMZ published more photos of the two together - one at a New York City bar in 2020 and the other one at a casino in 2024. The former Athletic reporter's old tweets about her son only added fuel to the controversy.

In recent days, a wave of online chatter has pushed an invasive and unverified theory into the spotlight - calls for a 'DNA and paternity test' linked to Russini's young son. Even a so-called fake 'NFL insider' pushed these claims.

"BREAKING: Mike Vrabel ordered to take a paternity test as new information on affair with Dianna Russini leaks," Wesley Steinberg posted on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

It is critic...