They may not be married anymore, but Madonna still has ex-husband and actor Sean Penn's back, especially when Penn is in the middle of a $10 million lawsuit against "Empire" co-creator and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lee Daniels.

The 57-year-old "Like A Virgin" singer, who married Penn back in Aug. 16, 1985 and divorced him after two years, recently filed a declaration in court amending Penn's defamation lawsuit against Daniels in support of her ex-husband, saying that they had arguments but she was not physically abused by the actor after Daniels previously claimed so, Los Angeles Times reports.

The lawsuit began when Daniels stated in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter about his "Empire" star Terrence Howard having domestic trouble. "[Terrence] ain't done nothing different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn, and all of a sudden he's some f****n' demon," Daniels told the publication back in September. "That's a sign of the time, of race, of where we are right now in America." 

The statement, where Daniels compared Howard with Penn in allegedly being also involved in domestic violence, resulted to Penn filing a defamation lawsuit against Daniels. The filmmaker sought to have it thrown out based on First Amendment grounds, Los Angeles Times reports.

Madonna then filed her own declarations to support Penn's case, stating in court documents obtained by the Hollywood Reporter, "Sean has never struck me, 'tied me up,' or physically assaulted me, and any report to the contrary is completely outrageous, malicious, reckless, and false," the pop star wrote.

Furthermore, Madonna also denied that she was struck by the actor by a baseball bat. "I know the allegations in those and other reports to be completely outrageous, malicious, reckless, and false," she stressed as quoted by the publication.

Meanwhile, Daniels' side is in defense of his right to air out his opinions according to his court documents filing. "Attempts to silence Daniels' honestly held opinion, a contribution to the marketplace of ideas voiced during the nation's agonizing debate about racial disparity and domestic violence. The First Amendment abhors attempts to chill speech on hot topics," Daniels said.

The amended complaint from Penn revealed that Daniel's statements "falsely accuse Penn of committing serious, multiple crimes against women -- are not protected by the First Amendment."

"As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously observed almost 100 years ago, the First Amendment is not absolute. Just as it does not protect a person from 'shouting fire in a crowded theater,' it also does not protect defamatory conduct," the court document further revealed.

There are still no further developments as to date.