out of wedlock

A small-town kid born out of wedlock, he moved from the rustic countryside of Vinci, 30 miles west of Florence, to the sophisticated city to make his way.

But he was instead mired in scandal, including mounting debts and lawsuits and backlash from two children born out of wedlock.

He faced mounting costs for legal fees, spousal support and payments for children he fathered out of wedlock.

Catherine gave birth in an orphanage in Dublin and, because of attitudes at the time about children born out of wedlock, she was coerced into giving Gladys up for adoption.

Cohen also recounted going to Trump after learning about a Trump Tower doorman who claimed, falsely, that Trump had a child out of wedlock.