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Drake files case to sue woman

Drake has filed a lawsuit against a woman who claims he got her pregnant.

The 31-year-old rapper is reportedly seeking unspecified damages from Layla Lace for civil extortion, emotional distress, fraud, defamation, and abuse of process, after she alleged he impregnated her, and he claims she made a false rape allegation against him, which is said to have been referred to Manchester police but they decided against taking the matter further.

Drake admits in the suit, which has been obtained by TMZ, that he met Layla after a show in Manchester, north west England, during his 'Boy Meets World Tour' in February 2017, and he claims afterwards they had consensual sex and she "voluntarily and seemingly happily performed oral sex."

In April 2017, Layla told her Instagram followers she was pregnant, and she later appeared on a radio show claiming she was "100 per cent sure" that Drake had impregnated her.

Several messages, purportedly sent from Layla to Drake, appear in the lawsuit, and he says he didn't have the "time or energy to respond".

The suit also claims Layla refused to take a paternity test, and reads: "There is no credible evidence of pregnancy, nor any baby, which would have been born last fall."

Will Smith has praised his wife Jada Pinkett Smith as a "queen" in honour of her 47th birthday.

The Girls Trip actress celebrated her birthday on Tuesday, and her husband and Hollywood star Will took to Instagram to share a loving tribute to his partner of over two decades.

Posting a series of snaps of the couple, including one of them asleep and one of them posing in tracksuits, the 49-year-old actor wrote: "Wow... 24 Birthdays together! Happy Bday, My Queen. Let's Go Get 24 more. (sic)"

The couple's 17-year-old daughter Willow also took to social media to share the love for her mother on her special day.

Singer and actress Willow shared a selfie of herself and her mother and wrote: "Happy Birthday Mama YOU'RE THA (sic)"