Ohh the plot thickens!

We reported yesterday that Cheryl Cole was taking legal action against Now magazine, after it printed an interview with MC Harvey, in which he claimed to have enjoyed a fling with Cheryl Cole back in 2010.

She totally denies any such affair and took to Twitter to refute his claims. However the So Solid Crew star quickly hit back, claiming to have a number of personal messages from the former X Factor judge which will prove his story.

Many fans took Cole’s threat of legal action as a sign that she was telling the truth and that Harvey was just out to make a quick buck, however today Now has issued a statement saying that they are prepared to stand by the rapper and are convinced by the evidence he produced to them.

The publication stated:

‘We completely and wholeheartedly stand by our exclusive and refute any accusation that it contains untruths.

‘Michael Harvey himself released a statement earlier this week standing by what he revealed in his interview in Now magazine.

‘The article is not defamatory and was published in good faith – we will strongly defend it.’

The journalist who wrote up the interview previously claimed that she had known about the relationship back when Cheryl was supposedly dating Derek Hough, but couldn’t print the news of it then, because there were no pictures and both stars were denying it at the time.

Who do you believe? Cheryl or Alesha Dixon’s ex? Leave your comments below…