LOS ANGELES (AP) — "VIP" actress Pamela Anderson said Wednesday she has hepatitis C and has undergone treatment for the liver-destroying blood virus.
Anderson, 34, said in a statement she contracted the disease by sharing a tattoo needle with her estranged ex-husband, Tommy Lee.
"He never disclosed it to me during our marriage," she said.
Anderson, who has also starred in the television series "Baywatch," is locked in a bitter custody battle with Lee, a former drummer for Mtley Cre, over their two young sons.
A spokeswoman for Lee, 39, dismissed Anderson's statement.
"Hopefully she will realize that she is only doing more harm to her children and herself by trying to use the media as a tool to hurt Tommy and their two boys," publicist Beth Katz said.