London
(ANI):
Henry
Warren
Beatty
has
slammed
new
book
claims
that
he
has
bedded
12,775
women.
The
72-year-old
star
has
taken
legal
action
against
Peter
Biskind,
author
of
'Star:
How
Warren
Beatty
Seduced
America',
for
saying
that
the
actor
devoted
most
of
his
life,
away
from
the
screen,
to
casual
sex.
Beatty,
currently
married
to
actress
Annette
Bening,
has
had
romantic
liaisons
with
stars
like
Jane
Fonda,
Joan
Collins,
Dianne
Keaton
and
Julie
Christie.
But
Biskind's
tome
has
estimated
that
Beatty
has
slept
with
close
to
13,000
women.
"12,775
women,
give
or
take,
a
figure
that
does
not
include
daytime
quickies,
drive-bys,
casual
gropings,
stolen
kisses
and
so
on," the
Independent
quoted
Biskind
as
saying
in
the
book.
Biskind
claims
to
have
based
the
figure
on
"simple
arithmetic,"
saying
that
it
is
supported
by
evidence
from
friends
and
former
lovers
of
the
actor,
together
with
a
series
of
interviews
that
he
was
granted
with
Beatty.
In
response
to
the
publication
of
the
biography,
Beatty's
lawyer,
Bertram
Fields,
issued
a
statement,
saying:
"Mr
Biskind's
tedious
and
boring
book
is
in
any
way
authorised.
"It
contains
many
false
assertions
and
purportedly
quotes
Mr
Beatty
as
saying
things
he
never
said.
Other
media
should
not
repeat
things
from
the
book
on
the
assumption
that
they
are
true,"
added
the
statement.