Makosi sticks to her story

Makosi Musambasi is standing by her story that she had sex in the Big Brother spa with fellow contestant Anthony Hutton, despite his denials.

10:57 14 August 2005

Makosi Musambasi is standing by her story that she had sex in the Big Brother spa with fellow contestant Anthony Hutton, despite his denials.

Leaving the house after being voted winner of the reality TV show, the Geordie disco dancer refuted Makosi's claim and accused her of making the story up to gain publicity.

Apparently shocked at news the nurse had subsequently claimed to be pregnant, Anthony, 23, told the Sunday Mirror: "To say I had sex with her in the Big Brother house because she wanted to sell it to the newspapers or magazines is wrong."

"If the money means that much to her to lie, I think she's not a very nice person. I was big-time disappointed in her," Anthony added.

But despite Anthony's protestations, Makosi insists that the housemates did have sex in the pool and even claimed that the pair had been involved in an earlier tryst in the Big Brother bedroom.

"I did not lie about having sex with Anthony and I did genuinely think I was pregnant," Makosi, 24, told the News of the World.

"I know what I felt and it was sex," she added.

Fellow contestant Orlaith, also in the spa at the time of the alleged incident, backed Makosi's claims, telling the paper that Anthony had also tried to seduce her.

"Makosi is telling the truth. I know because Anthony tried to do it with me too, but I wouldn't let him," the Northern Ireland model said.

Meanwhile, the News of the World alleges that Zimbabwean-born Makosi is being investigated by the Home Office over claims that she broke the terms of her work visa by leaving her job as a nurse and hiring a showbiz agent before entering the Big Brother house.