The husband of 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria, Tony Parker, is suing a celebrity gossip website for at least $40m over allegations that he had an affair with a French model.
The Associated Press reports that basketball star Parker alleges the site X17online posted "false and defamatory" messages about him.
The lawsuit said: "This is false. It never happened. And X17 had to know that the story was false, or, at the very least, it had to have entertained serious doubts about the credibility of its supposed source."
The lawsuit also said that the website never contacted the couple or their representatives before publishing the allegations, and refused to retract them after being told the allegations were false.
