Beckham Denies Sex with Prostitute in Lawsuit

David Beckham says in his $25 million libel lawsuit against In Touch magazine that he was visiting his ailing father in a London hospital on the 2007 date when the magazine said he had a tryst with a prostitute.

Beckham recently countered the claims in court documents filed in Los Angeles federal court that he had sex with purported call girl Irma Nici five times. The suit, filed in December, accuses Delaware-based Bauer Publishing Co. and Nici of libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The Los Angeles Galaxy star said in his declaration that he couldn't have met Nici at a London hotel in September 2007 as the In Touch article states because he was visiting his ailing father.

He and his wife, Victoria, said earlier this month they are expecting their fourth child this summer.