It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Jude Law‘s babymama, Samantha Burke, who gave birth to their lovechild last month. It turns out that Ms. Burke worked out a deal to sell the first photos of her little girl, who she reportedly named Sophia, to Hello! magazine … mother and child were spotted making their way to the photoshoot earlier this week … and as you might expect, daddy Jude was nowhere to be seen:

The mother of Jude Law’s love-child is believed to have sold the first pictures of their newborn daughter for £180,000. A team of photographers, believed to work for Hello! magazine, last week arrived at the modest Florida house where Samantha Burke is staying with month-old Sophia. Miss Burke could be glimpsed posing with her baby under an umbrella inside the £125,000 house in a downmarket area know as the ‘Redneck Riviera’. Legal experts had predicted the actor’s offer to pay financial support to the 24-year-old model would secure her silence about the fling that led to her pregnancy. But Miss Burke recently hired a Hollywood publicity agent to sell the rights to exclusive portraits of Sophia, and an interview about her friendship with the 36-year-old Alfie star. One source said: ‘Samantha may have got pregnant by accident but she’s a smart businesswoman. ‘The child has rarely left the house since her birth and when Samantha has had to take her out for some reason or the other, her face is carefully covered.’ Miss Burke discovered she was expecting Law’s fourth child after they had a brief relationship while he was filming Sherlock Holmes in New York last December. She is now staying with her mother Lea. Her family have already spoken publicly about Law’s reaction after hearing of her pregnancy. Delores Burke, her grandmother, claimed he had ‘behaved as less than a gentleman’. ‘Samantha is a lovely girl but she is only 24 years old,’ she added. ‘At that age, you think you are a grown-up but you are still very young. He is old enough to know better.’ However, friends of Law have dismissed the allegations. One said: ‘Jude has said from the outset he will support the child, even though he is no longer in a relationship with Samantha. Jude has been a total gentleman.’ Miss Burke’s agent Eileen Koch confirmed last night that the publication rights had been sold for £180,000. Law’s publicist Sarah Keene said: ‘I haven’t any comment to make.’

And so … it begins. To be honest, I am not surprised at all that Burke decided to sell the photos … celeb babies can generate huge revenues for magazines. I wouldn’t bat an eyelash if Burke also presold the story of her “romance” with Jude Law as well. While I sincerely doubt that the money she made from the sale of these photos will go to a charity, I would hope that Ms. Burke would have the foresight to put the money in a high-interest savings account that could be used for her daughter’s college fund. I ain’t gonna lie … I can’t wait to see what Jude Law‘s new daughter looks like … I bet she’s a doll. I wonder if Jude Law has seen what his new daughter looks like … if not, he can pick up a copy of Hello! magazine and get his first look, too!

[Photo credit: Splash News; Source]