X Factor rejects slam Louis

Louis Walsh is under attack again, this time from X Factor rejects Addictiv Ladies.

14:06 17 October 2005

Louis Walsh is under attack again, this time from X Factor rejects Addictiv Ladies.

The girl band, made up of four 17-year-old pals from east London, have accused the beleaguered judge of being "malicious".

Louis was responsible for the band's exit from the competition, but the girls are more angry about what he said after the show than about the fact he voted against them.

According to the Sun, Louis told the group after the show: "The only reason you were here in the first place is because Simon Cowell wanted to sleep with you."

On the show itself, all Louis had said was that Addictiv Ladies were "good fun but not ready for the big time", and he didn't imply that their presence on X Factor had anything to do with Simon's unprofessional preferences.

Fleur East, one of the band members, said: "We were disgusted by what he said - we're only 17."

And fellow Addictiv Lady Vivienne Umeh said: "He was malicious."