Christina Aguilera’s lawyer accused a celebrity gossip site of being “reckless and unconscionable” after they posted a picture of her son with a black eye and acussed the singer of child abuse.

The website, MediaTakeOut, published a picture of the singer’s three-year-old son, Max, accompanied by the caption: “Child abuse?? Christina Aguilera’s son is photo’d with a black eye!!!”

However, they have now removed the headline after Aguilera’s lawyer Eric Greenspan sent them a letter insisting that the injury was sustained when her son “fell and hurt himself” in a park.

In his letter, Greenspan wrote:

"To imply that she [Aguilera] had something to do with this incident, without any investigation on your part whatsoever, is reckless and unconscionable. Christina is a wonderful mother and was not present in the park when Max fell and hurt himself."

MediaTakeOut responded by removing any allegations of child abuse and posting a message underneath the picture which read:

"Christina's peeps (aka lawyers) reached out to us. They assure us that the boy's injury was caused by a playground accident. Well, there you have it."

Aguilera currently has no plans to pursue a lawsuit for libel.

Watch an interview with Christina Aguilera during the 2011 Golden Globes: