Authors claim Ava Gardner aborted Sinatra's baby

Movie siren Ava Gardner underwent two abortions in the space of three months, according to Frank Sinatra biographers Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan - and only one of the babies was her husband Sinatra's.

The authors have already created a storm of controversy with their new book Sinatra: The life, which exposes the beloved crooner as an alleged rapist, mafia member and depressed suicide case.