Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has updated legal papers filed back in July for defamation and invasion of privacy, adding a figure of $500,000 in damages to her claim.
As previously reported, Rebecca White told entertainment news show 'Extra' that she had emails from Rowe, who she described as a 'close friend', in which Jackson's ex seemingly said she had no interest in caring for the couple's two children - Prince Michael and Paris - but that she was pretending she did on the advice of her lawyer, so as not to look heartless.
White's comments followed reports in the New York Post that claimed Rowe had accepted $4 million from the Jackson family in return for agreeing to give up her parental rights over the two children.
Although it is true that an out of court agreement was reached, so that Rowe would not contest Jackson's mother Katherine's custody claim over the children, it's believed that no money actually changed hands. Both Rowe and the Jacksons denied the Post's reports, with the former's lawyer calling them "blatant falsehoods", though the paper stood by its story, and Rowe has not started legal proceedings against it.
The Rowe v White case is due to be heard next month.