Timberlake cries foul over Fleet Street dirt

0 Comments | USA TODAY, July, 2004 | by Cesar G. Soriano

Justin Timberlake is suing London's News of the World tabloid for libel for reporting that the pop star cheated on girlfriend Cameron Diaz .

"We are dead serious about this insanity. The lying has got to stop," says Timberlake publicist Ken Sunshine.

A News of the World spokeswoman told the BBC that the paper is standing by its article, which featured an interview with the reported other woman, British model Lucy Clarkson.

Diaz, 31, also has denied the rumor. The couple appeared cozy while playing in a celebrity charity basketball game Sunday in Florida.

Timberlake, 23, has hired celebrity attorney Marty Singer, who recently threatened to sue the New York Post for a story that accused Britney Spears of drinking alcohol in public.

Singer says...