Madonna is defending ex-husband Sean Penn against allegations he’s a wife-beater.<br />The pop superstar submitted a sworn statement in Manhattan Supreme Court Thursday to support Penn’s $10 million defamation lawsuit against “Empire” creator Lee Daniels.<br />Daniels suggested in a September interview that Penn has abused women.<br />He told Hollywood Reporter that “Empire” star Terrence Howard, who has a record of violence against women, “ain’t done nothing different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn, and all of a sudden he’s some f - - kin’ demon.”<br />Daniels responded in court papers that a “Google search of ‘Sean Penn and domestic violence’ produces 432,000 results.”<br />But Madonna said allegations Penn hit her in 1987 and tied her to a chair in 1989 are “completely outrageous, malicious, reckless and false.”<br />She admits: “While we certainly had more than one heated argument .<br />.<br />.<br />Sean has never struck me, ‘tied me up,’ or physically assaulted me.”
