Fitness model Alicia Marie is the latest hottie to chime in about her relationship with New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.  Marie was Miss Bikini Universe back in 2004.
Marie tells the NY Daily News that A-Rod came to her apartment several times two years ago.

Responding to an e-mail from The News, Marie said Rodriguez frequently visited her Chelsea apartment a few years ago to lend a sympathetic ear “when I had just gone through a separation and divorce.”

“I am well aware that people will assume the absolute worst here, but Alex was, and to this day remains, just a close friend,” wrote the 5-foot-10 brunette. “Friends hang out together in each other’s apartments!”

Yeah we believe you Alicia.  Alex is baesball’s version of Dr. Phil.  Alicia is about one of 14 women to surface in the past week claiming to have spent alone time with A-Rod during the course of his marriage to his wife Cynthia Rodriguez.

Marie rose to national prominence last year when she started dating former MLB pitcher John Rocker.  Rocker, a nut case to many, flunked out of baseball after an interview with a Sports Illustrated reporter several years ago in which he took several shots at New York City and the people of NYC.

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