David Duchovny

The rocky marriage of David Duchovny and Tea Leoni have hit another obstacle.

The actor and the actress announced yesterday that they're taking time apart, but have not decided if they will file for divorce, according to a family friend who spoke to TMZ.

Duchovny and Leoni were married in 1997 and have two kids together, Madelaine, 12, and Kyd, 9.

They previously separated in October 2008 when the Californication star entered rehab for sex addiction after a rumored affair and got back together around July 4 a year later.

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On The X-Files, the character played by David Duchovny would often say, "The truth is out there."

The actor may still believe that, but he doesn't think Great Britain's The Daily Mail is attempting to seek it.

Duchovny has filed a lawsuit against the tabloid for its allegedly defaming accusation that he carried on an extramarital affair with Edit Pakay. The suit reads:

The story falsely alleges that Duchovny sought out Ms. Pakay to be his tennis instructor and that the 'professional relationship'...quickly turned into a love match. By its intentional and reckless conduct, Daily Mail has caused substantial harm to Duchovny, in complete disregard of the truth and of even a semblance of journalistic integrity.

David Duchovny did not have sex with this woman!

On second thought, Edit Pakay is denying a sexual relationship with David Duchovny.

Earlier today, Great Britain's The Daily Mail published an interview with the Hungarian tennis instructor that made it sound as though her and the actor carried on an affair while he was still married to Tea Leoni. Pakay said she was "not gonna deny" such a charge.

Now, though, the vixen (pictured below) wants to take a second serve.

"We played tennis, and we were playing partners and friends," she told E! News. "There is no romance, and we are just friends. No love, nothing. That is all I have to say."

Duchovny’s lawyer, Stanton "Larry" Stein, told E! News agreed that he the British newspaper article was "all lies and deceit."

"Edit Pakay met with me personally before this article came out and told me she never had a sexual or romantic relationship with David," Stein said.

David Duchovny is an admitted sex addict who has been separated from wife Tea Leoni for many months.

And Edit Pakay is giving us a pretty good reason why.

Pakay is a Hungarian tennis coach that has pretty much admitted to giving Duchovny lessons with his backhand... if you know what we mean!

"We have a very, very close friendship. I don't want to be the third person in the marriage, but I know it can be seen that way," Edit told Great Britain's The Daily Mail. "David and I are very close friends and we still play tennis together. He's an excellent player. He likes physically strong, fit women."

He seems to really, really, really like them, Paka continued.

"I don't want to say anything that might hurt David. I am not going to deny [an affair]. I don't know what our relationship means to him," she said."

Neither do we. But we know it means a great deal to celebrity gossip fans!