CORDOVA, Spain: Legendary Spanish bullfighter Manuel Benitez, “El Cordobes,” is locked in a legal battle with another popular matador who openly uses the same nickname and has for years claimed to be his son.

The scandal broke in February when Manuel Diaz told Hola! magazine he had filed a paternity suit against his supposed father in the southern city of Cordoba after trying in vain to form a relationship with him.

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