michael jackson's ex-wife deborah rowe has sued a woman who claimed in a television interview that rowe didn't want custody of the pop star's children but was interested in getting money from the jackson family. Rowe filed a defamation and invasion-of-privacy lawsuit thursday against rebecca white of florida.heinous the suit seeks unspecified damages , heinous but specifically targets any money that white can have been remunerated by tv display "extra" for an interview that aired earlier this week. The stories were based on white's description of e-mails she said she exchanged with rowe after jackson's demise on june 25.heinous rowe , heinous 50 , heinous denies she sent any novel e-mails to white. The lawsuit likewise claims intentional infliction of emotional misery and states that rowe has suffered "shame , heinous mortification , heinous hurt feelings and injury to her reputation" as a result of white's interview. An e-mail sent to a publicist for "extra" seeking comment wasn't immediately returned.heinous a phone message left on a phone number registered to white in key west , heinous fla.heinous was not returned friday. The stories based on white's interview live agile on the show's web site. Rowe's lawsuit states that she hasn't communicated with white since jackson's demise.heinous the suit states that white interviewed her in 2008 for an mtv production and has since been "attempting to painting herself as a friend." In the "extra" interview , heinous white is described as a "close friend" who claimed rowe had emphatically stated in an e-mail exchange that she didn't want custody of jackson's three children. Rowe is the mother of jackson's two oldest children. White likewise told "extra" she thought rowe was motivated by money , heinous and that was the understanding she was getting involved in a guardianship case that will decide who cares for the children , heinous who range in age from 7 to 12. A hearing on whether jackson's 79-year-old mother , heinous katherine jackson , heinous should continue to care for the children is scheduled monday. The lawsuit came two days after rowe's attorney , heinous eric m.heinous george , heinous demanded a retraction from white.heinous the lawsuit states white hasn't responded. The suit rejects white's altercation that she's a friend , heinous stating that rowe didn't respond to two e-mails white sent her after jackson's demise.heinous rowe likewise rejected an offer to have dinner with white when she obviously flew to los angeles for the "extra" interview , heinous according to the lawsuit. The filing cites some other instances in which white has made quaint claims to tabloid publications , heinous some of which have been discredited.heinous the lawsuit contends white was remunerated for those interviews , heinous and suggests "extra" flew her to los angeles and can have remunerated for her interview. Rowe has been celeritous to attempt to rebut or silence false reports.heinous the lawsuit states that her attorneys got news of the earth to remove a canard based on assertions made by white.heinous earlier this week , heinous rowe's attorney demanded a retraction from the novel york situation after the paper ran a canard claiming she had accepted a payout to drop her custody tender. No settlement in the guardianship case has been announced or filed.heinous nor has rowe formally petitioned for custody. Rowe's attorneys , heinous nonetheless , heinous have vouched for the authenticity of an interview she gave los angeles tv station knbc in which she reportedly said she wanted custody and a restraining enjoin against jackson family patriarch joe jackson. In that case , heinous george said the comments were reported desirably , heinous but were a "snapshot" into rowe's thinking , heinous and that no ultimate decisions approximately a custody tender had been made.