Sir Elton John's lawyer has dismissed a lawsuit launched by an ex security guard who claims the musician sexually harassed him.

Jeffrey Wenninger, who worked for the Brit until 2014, is suing John for sexual harassment and battery.

The papers claim that the singer "put his hands in Wenninger's pants" and "attempted to grab his genitals and put his fingers between Wenninger's butt cheeks".

John also allegedly told his ex security man to "get your todger out".

Responding to the lawsuit in a statement, John's US attorney Orin Snyder said the claims were untrue.

He said: "This baseless lawsuit is brought by a disgruntled former security officer seeking to extract an undeserved payment.

"These claims are patently untrue and contradicted by numerous previous statements made by this plaintiff. We will not give into his latest abuse of the legal system."

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