Sources tell TMZ … the divorce between Eva Longoria and Tony Parker was in the works for at least a week before Eva filed, contrary to the story Eva’s people are telling. And Tony denies he ever had sex with an ex-teammate’s wife.

Sources connected with Tony tell TMZ … Tony did indeed have a “sexting relationship” with Erin Barry, the estranged wife of former San Antonio Spur Brent Barry, but it ended months ago. The sources insist, “They never had a physical relationship.”

And sources connected with Tony tell TMZ … Tony and Eva were well aware that the divorce would be filed. We’re told Tony was planning on filing for divorce in San Antonio, Texas because it was more convenient, but, “Eva talked him out of it because she wanted to file in Los Angeles.”

Sources also tell us — contrary to the statement Eva’s rep made to TMZ — Eva not only knew she was filing for divorce, but it was timed to coincide with the Us Weekly interview.

As for why Tony and Eva are telling different stories about the divorce, a close friend of Tony’s says it’s simple: “She was into the whole PR thing. He wasn’t.”

Eva’s people say Tony’s story is untrue … with one source telling TMZ, “Eva and Tony were still talking about working out the marriage up until the morning she filed.”

Eva’s side of the story is so unbelievable! I bet Tony wanted out!

A source close to Parker confirms rumors that the NBA star had sent numerous text messages to his former San Antonio Spurs teammate Brent Barry’s wife, Erin Barry (pictured above), but that the two had NOT shared a romantic relationship.

According to the source, the Barrys have been close friends with Longoria and Parker for some time, even spending New Year’s Eve together a couple of years ago at Longoria’s Los Angeles restaurant, Beso. The Barrys are currently in the midst of a divorce and, our source adds, Parker and Erin’s texts involved the two leaning on each other as their respective marriages went through troubles. A seemingly innocent exchange between close friends, it would seem, but Longoria appears to be prone to jealousy in her marriage to Parker.

One interesting note, Parker recently signed a four-year, $45 million extension with the Spurs. Eva waited til after that deal was signed to file for divorce.

Whatever the motive might have been, our source stresses that Parker and Longoria’s split is amicable.

Meanwhile, the Desperate Housewives has opened up about the divorce to her good friend Mario Lopez, who tells Extra! that rumors of Parker’s cheating indeed weigh heavily on Longoria’s mind:

“Eva wants everyone to know, she’s devastated by the rumors of Tony’s infidelity. She loved her husband and is heartbroken about their split. But she’s strong.”

Longoria, who married Parker in 2007, filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Earlier today, she acknowledged the split, tweeting,

“It is with great sadness that after 7 years together, Tony and I have decided to divorce. We love each other deeply and pray for each other’s happiness.”

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What I want to know – is why deny, deny, deny – then 24 hours later, fess up! Maybe instead of denying it yesterday, she should have just kept quiet!

This was yesterday:

Longoria’s rep told E! in an email that the report “is 100% false, Tony did NOT file for divorce from Eva.”

Fast forward to today. Eva Tweets:

“It is with great sadness that after 7 years together, Tony and I have decided to divorce. We love each other deeply and pray for each other’s happiness.”

What happened with this happy couple? Rumor has it he cheated on her with another NBA wife. Longoria allegedly found hundreds of text messages on his cell phone to one of his San Antonio Spurs teammates’ wives, proving he had been unfaithful.

And the actress is said to have confirmed the claims to BFF Mario Lopez.

More from E!:

Oct. 23, 2010: The twosome was all smiles at their last public appearance together before the divorce filing, for Eva’s 2nd Annual Rally For Kids With Cancer charity event. (Picture above)

Nov. 16, 2010: Eva suddenly pulls out of CNN’s Heroes event with no explanation. That same day, TMZ reports Tony has filed for divorce in Texas. They later retract the story, and Eva’s rep tells E! the report is “100 percent false”.

Nov. 17, 2010: The very next day, Eva is one to pull the trigger on the divorce, filing in L.A. and citing irreconcilable differences. Eva confirms the sad news via Twitter and tells her friend Mario Lopez that the split was due to cheating—between Tony and a mutual friend and fellow NBA wife. Eva is “heartbroken,” a source tells E!, and Tony is “begging for forgiveness.”

Cue the obvious poll. Could you forgive your cheating husband?

Three years after a storybook wedding in a European castle, Eva Longoria filed for divorce Wednesday from basketball star Tony Parker, a source tells PEOPLE.

The Desperate Housewives star’s documents were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court just one day after her rep denied that Parker had done the same in a Texas court.

Longoria, 35, and Parker, 27, were engaged in November 2006, then wed – as fireworks lit up the sky – on July 7, 2007, at Chateau of Vaux le Vicomte, a 17th Century castle on the outskirts of Paris one day after a small civil service. The double wedding celebrating came after a week of partying in Saint-Tropez, France.

In 2008, one year after their lavish wedding, the Desperate Housewives star was plagued by pregnancy rumors, though she, Parker and her costars repeatedly denied them. (more…)

Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria and husband Tony Parker are all smiles as they stroll hand in hand through Paris, France this afternoon. The city has special importance to the couple, who were wed there in 2007.  The couple were leaving the NJR radio studio, near where Tony grew up and attended the National Institute of Sports and Physical Education.

Eva returns as Gabrielle Solis when Desperate Housewives kicks off another season on Sunday, September 26. Vanessa Williams will join the cast as the wife of a baseball star.

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Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin and reality starlet Kim Kardashian help “Desperate Housewives” actress Eva Longoria celebrate her 35th birthday along with her husband Tony Parker in Miami, FL with an al fresco lunch on March 15, 2010.

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