French NBA star Tony Parker only flirted with another woman in text messages and nothing more, reports said after his wife, Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria, filed for divorce.

The 35-year-old decided to divorce Mr Parker after finding the text exchanges with the wife of one of his former San Antonio Spurs teammates, Brent Barry, People magazine and the TMZ website said. “They knew each other, sent each other messages,” a source close to Parker told People referring to Erin Barry, adding: 'It was flirtatious, but he never did anything with her.”

The TMZ celebrity website also reported that Parker denies having had sex with his ex-teammate's wife. Ms Longoria, who married Parker in a lavish French chateau ceremony in 2007, confirmed she had filed for divorce on Wednesday, saying on her Twitter feed: “We love each other deeply and pray for each other's happiness.”

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