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Actress Demi Moore, right, is backing up her husband Ashton Kutcher on Twitter.
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updated 9/2/2010 2:11:32 PM ET 2010-09-02T18:11:32

Ashton Kutcher and his legal team have taken aim at a tabloid after it published a cover story claiming he cheated on his wife, Demi Moore.

On Wednesday, the actor hit his Twitter account to lash out at Star magazine, which claimed in its latest issue that the celebrity couple's marriage "is in danger of falling apart" because the mag claimed the actor was allegedly "caught cheating with a sexy, young, 20-something."

Photos: The latest Star Sightings

"I think Star magazine calling me a "cheater" qualifies as defamation of character. I hope my lawyer agrees," Ashton Tweeted on Wednesday.

"STAR magazine — you don't get to stand behind 'freedom of the press' when you are writing fiction," he added.

Photos: Stars who use Twitter

Ashton's wife, Demi, backed him up, reTweeting her husband and adding her two cents.

"No question!," she wrote in response to his defamation of character Tweet.

Demi also called her husband's Tweet, an "Excellent point my love!"

Photos: Sexy screen star Demi Moore

On Thursday,Access Hollywood spoke with Ashton's attorney, Marty Singer, who called the story an "absolute lie" and said they are "demanding Star issue a retraction and an apology."

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Singer also claims that Ashton was never in the restaurant Madeo in the month of July, which is where Star alleged the cheating occurred.

Photos: From 'Punk'd' to Twitter king: Ashton Kutcher

If the magazine does not issue a retraction, Singer added "we will evaluate all of our legal options at that time."

When contacted by Access Hollywood, a spokesperson for Star said the magazine "stands by its story."

Star noted that Ashton's rep denied the story in their online version of the article.

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    >>> act triz tweets a bikini clad photo of herself and it's stirring up a lot of attention. we're going to get the scoop from pop eater come's rob shooter. we have got demi moore tweeting a picture of herself in a bikini, by why?

    >> what happened is star magazine came out and on the cover of star, there's an accusation that her husband is cheating with a young, pretty blond girl. star magazi star -- ultimately the picture has been taken down and now ashton has hit his twitter up to say it's all lied, he has not cheated, he loves demi and they are a couple.

    >> don't they talk to each other all the time?

    >> nobody uses twitter as much as them.

    >> i saw in a restaurant in los angeles and they came in and they were on their blackberries the entire time.

    >> it's a little crazy, isn't it?

    >> sitting next to each other.

    >> they have been together for 15 years. the problem with twitter is once you put it out there, even if you delete it, it's out there.

    >> so we're saying why do this, but why not?

    >> some people would issue a statement saying they didn't cheat, this is lies, a picture speaks 1,000 words.

    >> very charlie's angels. so paris hilton is now banned?

    >> paris hilton has been banned from all the wynn resorts . they found cocaine in her purse, she's going to be charged for that and the wynn has a zero policy on drugs. this is where it gets a little tricky . there is a hilton in las vegas , the hilton has said that paris is allowed there whenever she wants, which now begs the question, the hilton hotel is making, what's the word, less strict on drugs than maybe the wynn ? we're going to see a response from the hilton hotel .

    >> also to point out about wynn , by the boyfriend worked there. he's canned s.

    >> he was sort of like the club king of the wynn hotel and he was bringing in people like paris. so a lot of people go into the wynn , party in there. he has been fired. she will never step foot in a wynn hotel again.

    >> we're talking about " dancing with the stars ," we're all waiting for who is going to be announced. but we're also waiting for who said no.

    >> each year " dancing with the stars " is trying to get bigger and bigger talent. so some of the celebrities that they could have got, we think they could have got who have said no, suzanne somers said no. sylvester stallone said no. these are people that the reason they're making news is i think we would assume that people like this might have said yes.

    >> condoleezza rice ?

    >> condoleezza rice .

    >> the guy from faceback said no, i think that would have been a good one because i think that " dancing with the stars " really wanted to build up their social media . they need people that we're going to tune in for, that we're going to love. but sometimes somebody that's a little less famous might make a better contestant because they're willing to do things that angelina probably would never do on the dance floor .

    >> great to have you with

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