Los Angeles (E! Online) - Jessica Simpson hasnt been punted out of the picture, so shes looking to intercept any underhand passes.
The singers legal camp sent a heated letter to OK! magazine Thursday, demanding the tabloid retract a new article that says Simpsons beau, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, dumped the In This Skin chanteuse after his team lost to the New York Giants in the NFL playoffs on Jan. 13.
That rag completely fabricated and made up this story, Simpsons rep, Cindi Berger, said in a statement to E! News. Ive spoken to both Jess and Tony and they are completely secure in their relationship and wont let this garbage get under their skin!
While Simpson couldnt possibly have been surprised by the paparazzi chaperone, Romo took a lot of heat in the sports pages both before and after the Cowboys loss in light of his decision to spend part of the teams bye-week in Mexico with his girlfriend.
The Giants sent Tony Romo back to the beach with Jessica Simpson, one New York Daily News reporter wrote in his game summary.
The pair also made headlines and clouded up the blogosphere when Simpson happened to be in attendance when Dallas lost for only the second time this season on Dec. 16.
Even Romos teammate, star wide receiver Terrell Owens, got in on the superstition, telling reporters, Right now, Jessica Simpson is not a fan favorite--in this locker room or in Texas Stadium. (A statement made in jest that he apologized for soon after.)
But while apparently none of the negative publicity has affected their romantic status, the article in question under attack from OK!s Feb. 4 issue is headlined Jessica Dumped!
The story also goes on to say that Ashlee Simpson has attempted to distance herself from her big sis, another scurrilous attack Simpsons reps are eager to refute.
Calling the article a defamatory and grossly mean-spirited example of a personal attack masquerading as journalism, attorney John J. Rosenberg insists that the magazine publish a prominent and unambiguous retractionand that it cease and desist from publishing any further false and misleading attacks on Ms. Simpson or her family, according to the letter originally obtained by TMZ.
Warning that its effort to damage Ms. Simpsons romantic and familial relationships and erode her public standing could warrant a defamation lawsuit, Rosenberg accuses OK! of couching its stories in terms of speculative gossip, spread by supposed, albeit unnamed, sources whoobviously lack sufficient confidence in their accusations to risk public attribution.
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