Madonna scotches affair and divorce rumours

Madonna has moved to end growing media speculation over the state of her marriage – and a rumoured love quadrangle - by denying she has had an affair or plans to divorce Guy Ritchie. The usually media-shy singer released a statement yesterday after the wife of the American baseball star Alex Rodriguez accused her of ruining their marriage. In an interview with The New York Post, Cynthia Rodriguez’s lawyer, Maurice Kutner, said she will file for divorce today and would cite her husband’s relationship with Madonna in legal papers. Mr Kutner said that the “relationship with Madonna was the latest situation in a series of events" that doomed the marriage. But Madonna, who rarely gives interviews and has long refused to discuss her private life, took the unusual decision to issue a statement to the American celebrity magazine... [read full story]