Deborah and Sunil Eappen, whose son died of "shaken baby syndrome", have asked US District Court Judge William Young to bar Woodward's request to reverse an earlier ruling that she could not profit from her story.

The BBC's Alan Grady forecasts another bitter courtroom battle for Louise Woodward and the Eappens

Woodward requested permission to sell her story on Monday. It was unclear whether she has any deals in the works.

Judge Young had issued an earlier injunction preventing her or anyone on her behalf from making money from selling her story.

It is not yet clear whether that order is enforceable in the UK where Woodward is now living.

Louise Woodward's parents received £40,000 last year after an interview with the Daily Mail

Meanwhile, Woodward's lawyers have denied she was trying to cash in on the tragedy.

They also said she was fighting an impossible multi-million dollar claim in damages for the death of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen.

When the claim was filed by the Eappen family in July, their lawyer, Frederic Ellis, said their aim was to stop Woodward from "profiting from her story" and "driving around in a Rolls-Royce and furs".

Woodward's lawyer, Paul Barrow, criticised the statement for being "entirely misleading."

He said: "Since Louise came home she has not sought to 'profit' from her story in any way, and not one scrap of evidence has been put before the Federal Court saying anything different by the plaintiff's lawyers.

"She has simply tried to get on with her life as a student after being imprisoned."

A jury originally convicted Woodward, now 20, of second-degree murder. But this was later reduced to manslaughter.

In June, she was allowed to go back to England.