The former telephone sex worker who announced she was "waging a war on Colin Farrell" after he filed a restraining order against her has taken pity on the actor and agreed to leave him alone - until he gets healthy.

Dessarae Bradford, who unsuccessfully sued the Irish star for harassment twice, has released a song and a book detailing her alleged fling with Farrell.

But Bradford, who has also lashed out at Farrell in TV interviews, is keen to give the Irish actor a break after seeing new photographs of him looking gaunt and ill.

In a statement to WENN, she says, "I am curtailing my slander, libel, and defamation lawsuit that I am prepared to file against him, until he becomes healthy and fit to stand trial - or the matter gets settled beforehand."

Farrell recently sparked fears for his health after he appeared at a press conference looking alarmingly gaunt - but he insists he's merely shedding weight for a film role.

The 31-year-old shocked reporters when he showed up to promote his upcoming movie Triage - in which he plays a war reporter in 1990s Bosnia - during a trip to Spain.