Justin Bieber denies 'love child' claims at MTV European Music Awards

The 17-year-old said the claims were crap as he collected two prizes at 2011 MTV European Music Awards in Belfast.

His denial came as photographs were published of Mariah Yeater, 20, cradling the baby at the centre of the singer's love child scandal.

Yeater, a fan of the US pop sensation, claims the Bieber is the father of her four-month-old son Tristyn Anthony Markhouse Yeater.

Bieber vehemently denies the claim but has reportedly been summoned to attend a paternity test at Los Angeles Superior Court ten days before Christmas.

As he picked up his trophy for Best Pop at the Odyssey Arena last night, Bieber said: "Yo, two awards in the past 60 minutes.