LeAnn Rimes Denies Rumors of Affair

Celebrity gossip has caught up with Country Music star LeAnn Rimes, this time by the Hollywood rag, US Weekly. This week's issue features a story about Rimes having an affair with her Lifetime movie co-star, Eddie Cibrian. The two star in Nora Roberts' Northern Lights, which premieres Saturday

The magazine claims to have photos of Rimes and Cibrian meeting up at a Malibu Beach Inn, as well as video of a "date" the couple went on in Laguna Beach, Calif.  The video, as posted on www.usmagazine.com, offers a grainy surveillance video of a blonde woman and a dark haired man in a baseball cap having dinner and cozying up at their table for two.

Rimes recently celebrated her 7th anniversary with husband Dean Sheremet. Cibrian is married to model Brandi Glanville; the couple have two children.

Cibrian responded to the rumors in a statement to Access Hollywood this week: "Other than being friends and two actors who were romantically intertwined in a movie-for-television we filmed last fall, there is no truth to the reporting initiated by US Magazine," Cibrian said. "It is a fabricated story that is using random snapshots as connective tissue to create a scandalous relationship."

On Rimes' Web site the following message was posted yesterday: "This is a difficult time for me and my loved ones, but I appreciate all your continued support. I would like to assure all of you that this is a place for you to hear things directly from me and as you all know, not everything in our lives is always black and white. Have faith, Le."