michael jackson's ex-wife deborah rowe has sued a woman who claimed in a television interview that rowe didn't lack 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. the suit seeks unspecified damages , but specifically targets whatever money that white can possess been compensated by tv evince "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. rowe , 50 , denies she sent whatever fresh e-mails to white. The lawsuit similarly claims intentional infliction of emotional distress and states that rowe has suffered "shame , mortification , 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. a phone message left on a phone number registered to white in key west , fla. was not returned friday. The stories based on white's interview stay brisk on the show's web site. Rowe's lawsuit states that she hasn't communicated with white since jackson's demise. 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 , white is described as a "close friend" who claimed rowe had emphatically stated in an e-mail interchange that she didn't lack custody of jackson's three children. Rowe is the mother of jackson's two oldest children. White similarly told "extra" she thought rowe was motivated by money , and that was the understanding she was getting involved in a guardianship case that volition decide who cares for the children , who range in age from 7 to 12. A hearing on whether jackson's 79-year-old mother , katherine jackson , should continue to anxiety for the children is scheduled monday. The lawsuit came two days after rowe's attorney , eric m. george , demanded a retraction from white. the lawsuit states white hasn't responded. The suit rejects white's quarrel that she's a friend , stating that rowe didn't respond to two e-mails white sent her after jackson's demise. rowe similarly rejected an offer to possess dinner with white when she only flew to los angeles for the "extra" interview , according to the lawsuit. The filing cites numerous other instances in which white has made singular claims to tabloid publications , numerous of which possess been discredited. the lawsuit contends white was compensated for those interviews , and suggests "extra" flew her to los angeles and can possess compensated for her interview. Rowe has been celeritous to essay to rebut or silence unfaithful reports. the lawsuit states that her attorneys got news of the earth to remove a fiction based on assertions made by white. earlier this week , rowe's attorney demanded a retraction from the fresh york position after the paper ran a fiction claiming she had accepted a payout to drop her custody bid. No settlement in the guardianship case has been announced or filed. nor has rowe formally petitioned for custody. Rowe's attorneys , nonetheless , possess 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 direct against jackson family patriarch joe jackson. In that case , george said the comments were reported practically , but were a "snapshot" into rowe's thinking , and that no final decisions approximately a custody bid had been made.