Debbie Rowe Sues Woman over TV Interview

Michael Jackson's ex-wife Deborah Rowe is striking back at a woman who claimed in a TV interview that Rowe told her she didn't want custody of the pop star's children.

Rowe has filed a defamation and invasion-of-privacy lawsuit in Los Angeles against Rebecca White of Florida. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, but specifically targets any money that White may have been paid by TV show "Extra" for an interview that aired earlier this week.

Rowe's lawsuit says she hasn't communicated with White since Jackson's death last month.

In the interview, White claimed Rowe had emphatically stated in an e-mail exchange that she didn't want custody of Jackson's three children. Rowe had two children while married to Jackson.