A former CBS news anchor is suing the TV network after being fired over an affair with a co-anchor and for allegedly beating up a female cop.

Alycia Lane, 38, was sacked for ‘improper conduct’ with married ex-co-anchor Larry Mendte which involved sending him saucy text messages during newscasts.

She is also said to have thrown herself at him wearing just her bra and once straddled him whilst he was driving her home.

Lawsuit: Former CBS anchor Alycia Lane is suing the TV network after being fired over an affair with co-anchor Larry Mendte and allegedly beating up a female cop

When her behaviour became public knowledge bosses at Philadelphia-based CBS affiliate KYW fired Lane from her $780,000 a year job.

She has now sued and claimed that her reputation has been damaged and that the allegations are untrue. The case is due to be heard next month in Philadelphia.

Lane had been one of the star anchors at KYW when she supposedly began her affair with Mendte in 2004.

According to the New York Post, he claims that the first time they kissed was in her apartment after he drove her home.

Lane supposedly went into her bedroom and came out with her top off but her bra still on and the two began kissing.

Suing: Lane, centre, is pictured in 2008 next to boyfriend Chris Booker, right. She is said to have thrown herself at Mendte wearing just her bra

On another occasion he claims: ‘Alycia unhooked her seat belt and - actually, while I was driving, straddled me and started kissing me, and we - I pulled off to the side of the road and that continued for a while. There was some fondling.’

The two would also send each other text messages whilst they were on air with the numbers ‘1-4-3’ which were code for ‘I love you’.

The relationship soured when Mendte’s wife, a news anchor on rival broadcaster Fox29, confronted him and he admitted his behaviour.

When he tried to distance himself from Lane Mendte claims she became angry and they began a bitter ‘personal feud’.

Mendte, 54, then began hacking into her work computer and sending emails to newspaper reporters in an attempt to discredit her.

He would pass on details about her personal life and relationship with her then husband just to get back at her.

Out: Lane was fired by bosses at Philadelphia-based CBS affiliate KYW from her $780,000 a year job - but she claimed the allegations were untrue

Following a police investigation he admitted federal criminal charges and was sentenced to six months house arrest and fired from his $700,000 a year job.

Lane’s conduct was further put under the spotlight when it emerged she had e-mailed pictures of herself wearing a bikini to NFL Network anchorman Rich Eisen.

In December 2007 she was arrested in New York for allegedly punching a policewoman’s face in a drunken rage and screaming: ‘I am a reporter, you f****** dyke b****!’

The case was dropped but it proved the final straw for her bosses who sacked her.

In a recent deposition Lane denied she had had an affair with Mendte and branded him ‘a sociopathic narcissist’

She claimed she spurned his ‘unwanted advances’ and once had to stop him from kissing her at a Christmas party by telling him: ‘A kiss is cheating, Larry. You're a married man.’

She claims he gave her a toy frog dressed like a prince ‘because he knew I didn't find him attractive’. ‘I tossed it out promptly because it creeped me out,’ she said.