beckscar10.jpg David and Victoria Beckham are suing escort Irma Nici for nearly $25 million, and a friend close to the couple tells The Daily Mail that they will donate the entire sum to their children's charity, the Victoria and David Beckham Charitable Trust.

Nici was served with legal documents yesterday in NYC after claiming she slept with the soccer superstar, and the friend added, "Any cash retrieved from this liar will help sick kids. David doesn't want a penny of this woman's dirty money. But that doesn't mean some good can't come out of this."

The documents allege libel, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and the suit is said to demand a jury trial over the claims printed in In Touch Weekly, after the publication was warned that the claims were untrue. Nici has been unable to provide any evidence to support her story that Beckham paid her thousands of dollars for sex.

The friend continued, "She certainly won't be profiting out of trying to ruin a high-profile family. She's finished." However, the Mail says that Nici reportedly hit Beckham and his legal team with charges for malicious conduct, and she told the paper, "I very much look forward to my day in court and the opportunity to tell the truth. I will be completely vindicated and Mr Beckham will be seen for the manipulative whore he is."

What a mess!