Madonna furious over affair rumor

New York Yankees batter Alex

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baseball game at Shea Stadium in New York June 29,

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BEIJING, July11 -- Madonna is furious over claims her alleged

relationship with a US baseball star has been labelled an "affair of the heart."

The 49-year-old singer is reportedly livid over claims made by a lawyer for the

wife of Alex Rodriguez, 32, that they are engaged in a non-sexual

relationship.

A source involved with the divorce told Britain's The Sun newspaper:

"Madonna is outraged. She told his wife Cynthia's lawyers not to make any more

statements about her - in short, shut up." Cynthia's legal team served her

sportsman spouse with divorce papers earlier this week.

Despite not being named

in the documents, Cynthia's lawyers are still attributing some of the blame for the

break-up to Madonna. One of Cynthia's legal representatives, Earle Lilly, said of Madonna

and Alex: "The correct analysis is a relationship.

Singer Madonna and her director husband Guy Ritchie arrive on the red carpet at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 21, 2008.(File Photo from chinadaily.com.cn)
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Some people categorise an affair as sexual infidelity. We're not claiming

that - it's an affair of the heart." Lilly also released a statement yesterday

saying: "Cynthia has tolerated a lot of misconduct, but this one was the final

straw.

Having Madonna sit in his box at baseball games, and the Kabbalah meetings

that have taken place?it's like an open forum. It's just short of embarrassing

if nothing else." Meanwhile, Madonna was visited by Gwyneth Paltrow yesterday at

her Central Park West apartment.

The actress was offering her close friend support as she deals with the

affair allegations while trying to save her own marriage to director Guy

Ritchie, 39. Madonna has vehemently denied their relationship is on the rocks

and Guy flew to New York last week to be with his wife and children.

(Source: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)