Death threats over One Direction sex claim

An Australian waitress claims she slept with One Direction singer Zayn Malik, centre. Photo / AP

One Direction fans have sent death threats to an Australian waitress over claims she had sex with singer Zayn Malik.

Courtney Webb, from Bargo, NSW, sold her story to British newspaper The Sun over the weekend describing how she was seduced by the One Direction star, complete with photos of Malik in bed asleep next to her.

The 21-year-old said she was invited back to Malik's $3.5 million London home by a friend and did not know the teen heartthrob had a girlfriend, Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards, because she didn't follow One Direction.

Speaking about the incident after discovering Malik was still with his girlfriend, she said: "He's an absolute s***. How dare he - not only to me but to Perrie?"

Webb has since received a barrage of abuse on Twitter from furious One Direction fans who threatened to track her down to her London address.

Fans took to Twitter to express their rage, including at least two death threats.

Hours after the story emerged, Malik flew back from France where One Direction were picking up an NRJ Music Award to be with his girlfriend.

Malik briefly deleted his Twitter account last August after claiming he was tired of reading rumours about him cheating on Perrie.

- AAP