…that he is completely innocent and he was not on vacation with a younger version of his wife, La La. The pair were snapped by the paps on the same day La La celebrated her 40th birthday with friends in NYC.

Carmelo’s publicist, Holly, reached out to the blogs with an urgent message. Holly confirmed Carmelo was in the South of France with the woman. But she is married and her husband and family were there with them.

Holly offered a link to a video that confirms Carmelo’s claim.

“If you need a copy of the video, please let me know. The woman that photographers captured is indeed married and her family was on the boating trip with the rest of the group that was conveniently left out of the storyline they shopped.”

No one is seen on the yacht with Carmelo and the girl in the set of photos taken by paparazzi that day.

According to TMZ, the 35-year-old Oklahoma City Thunder star was in the South of France on a business trip, when he was invited to take a boat ride with the young lady, her husband and her family.

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