Peter Loftin, multimillionaire owner of the former Gianni Versace mansion known as Casa Casuarina on South Beach, got hit with another paternity action. Plaintiff is Kairee Hall, a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader with whom Loftin already has a 4-year-old son.

Hall sued Loftin in '06 after Jagger's birth.

Hall, 27, says Loftin, 51, is the father of son Jett, born May 19, 2008, at Mount Sinai Medical Center. She wants child support from Loftin, who made his money in telecom. She also wants the ''majority of the time-sharing,'' meaning Jett would primarily reside with her. Hall now lives in Orlando.

Hall claims Loftin is ''uncooperative'' and ''shows little interest'' in Jett, refusing to pay support or contribute toward his medical expenses, according to the petition filed by Francisco Vargas, who represents Hall with Jeannie Etter.

Hall also claims Loftin subjects her to ``emotional and psychological abuse through threats and intimidation via telephone, e-mail, and text messages.''

Loftin's attorney, Stacy Wein, says Loftin readily acknowledges he is Jett's dad, adding that he and Hall lived together until a few months ago. ''He's a good father,'' Wein says. ''Mr. Loftin has been nothing but generous with Kairee.'' Says Loftin: ``I love Kairee and the boys. I love them all.''

Wein calls the allegation that Loftin is abusive to Hall ``ridiculous.''

Case is before Circuit Judge Joel Brown, who presided over the earlier paternity action.

FACT AND FICTION

Former Miami Herald Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Liz Balmaseda's first novel is due out in two weeks. Title: Sweet Mary (Atria/Simon & Schuster). Balmaseda, 50, now with The Palm Beach Post, says the book was inspired by a Herald news story -- the wrongful arrest of a Miami woman who federal agents thought was a cocaine trafficker. Mistaken identity.

Plot synopsis from Publishers Weekly: ''. . . Gun-toting DEA agents burst into the house of Dulce Maria ``Mary'' Guevara, a divorced Miami, Fla., Realtor, and arrest her, having mistaken Mary for cocaine queen bee Maria Guevara Portilla. The charges are eventually dropped, but the stigma remains. . . . Mary's boss puts her on mandatory leave and her ex-husband persuades a judge to give him full custody of their young son.'' A desperate Mary hunts down her drug-dealing nemesis in an effort to reclaim her life.

The Herald reported the real incident June 28, 2003, in this column: Virginia Fatima Garcia-Perez of Kendall, who sold paper towels and toilet tissue to independent grocers, was making lunch for her young son when three U.S. marshals knocked at her door. They had a warrant for a Virginia Tirado Garcia -- conspiracy to distribute cocaine from a '93 indictment out of Dallas.

Garcia-Perez tried in vain to convince them they had the wrong woman. They hauled her off in shackles and booked her into the Federal Detention Center, where she was strip searched. She remained in lockup for two days before her release on a $100,000 signature bond pledging assets. Fifteen days later, the feds 'fessed up to their error, and a judge quashed the arrest.

Garcia-Perez, 41, who now sells bottled water to grocery chains, said Friday she remains haunted by the episode. ''I still have backlash.'' She carries around court documents to prove she was cleared.

On July 14, the book release date, Balmaseda appears at Books & Books' in Coral Gables for an 8 p.m. reading and signing.

By the way, Balmaseda's pal Gloria Estefan is hosting a private book launch party July 8 at the Eden Roc. Garcia-Perez will be there.

HOME FRONT

• French tennis pro Tatiana Golovin sold her condo at Tequesta III on Miami's Brickell Key for $1.075 million. Golovin, 21, bought the three-bedroom unit on the 39th floor in '05 for $1.275 million and listed it for $1.198 million. Buyer is Carlos Garcia of Ecuador.

Coldwell Banker's Polly Schiff represented Golovin, while Robert A. Espin of Shelton and Stewart Realtors represented Garcia.

• Univision TV personality Giselle Blondet is asking $3.498 million for her home on Ponce de Leon Road in Coral Gables. Time to downsize -- daughter Andrea, 25, is a grad student, while Gabriella, 17, will head to college next summer. Blondet, 45, says she and son Harold, 13, won't need a six-bedroom house. Blondet bought the one-acre property in January '07 for $3.076 million from Joe Arriola, Miami's former city manager.

Blondet hosts the reality show Nuestra belleza latina (Our Latin Beauty).

Schiff has the listing.

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