LOS ANGELES (Reuter) - Comedian Eddie Murphy sued two supermarket tabloids on Wednesday, alleging they printed lies about his sexual habits after he was stopped by undercover police with a transsexual prostitute in his vehicle. Murphy's suits, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, each seek $5 million in general damages and unspecified punitive damages from the National Enquirer and the Globe for slander, libel and invasion of privacy. A third suit seeks at least $1 million for the same reasons, from Ioane Seiuli, a relative of the prostitute who was in his car the morning of May 2. Atisone Seiuli was arrested by sheriff's deputies on an outstanding prostitution warrant in the incident on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. Murphy, 36, was not charged with any offence. After the 4:45 a.m. incident, Murphy said in interviews and through his publicist that he had been giving Seiuli a ride home and that he was a "good samaritan" who often helped the homeless and prostitutes. Murphy, described in the suits as "an internationally renowned comedian and actor," alleged the two tabloids printed articles knowing they were false or without reasonable grounds for believing they were true. The tabloids printed interviews with transvestite prostitutes suggesting Murphy had a "secret sex life" and a "sick obsession." His suit against Ioane Seiuli, whose gender was not known, related to comments Seiuli made to the New York Post. There was no immediate comment from any parties in the suits.