Ryan Phillippe sues former girlfriend

Los Angeles Nov 23 (IANS) Actor Ryan Phillippe has filed a counter lawsuit against former girlfriend Elsie Hewitt who had accused him of brutally beating her earlier this year.

Phillippe filed the documents last week in response to Hewitt s lawsuit claiming he had been abusive towards her reports people.com.

In the lawsuit the actor denied the allegations claiming Hewitt "broke into Phillippe s home in the middle of the night without permission" and "fabricated a story in an unjustified attempt to extort money" from him to help her modelling career.

Phillippe said Hewitt made a false police report accusing him of injuring her on July 4 -- the alleged date of the incident. The actor also claimed Hewitt was "extremely intoxicated".

"To be clear: I have not had a ‘girlfriend for over a year now and have barely dated anyone since. Any other labels or mis-characterisations from media or gossips related to anyone briefly connected to my personal life are false. Happy Thanksgiving " Phillippe tweeted on Wednesday.

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