RYAN Giggs admitted he’s a “love cheat” as he stepped in the dock today to defend himself against allegations he headbutted his ex.
The former Man Utd ace confessed he’s never managed to stay faithful to any woman and has lied to former wife Stacey Giggs and other girlfriends “many times”.
Quizzed by Chris Daw QC, who is defending him, he said he is unable able to resist an attractive woman – regardless of whether or not he’s in a relationship.
However, he said he’s “never” physically assaulted a woman on any occasion.
Moments after he began giving evidence, Mr Daw asked: “You’re known in news articles as a love cheat. Is that reputation justified?”
Giggs – who confirmed he’s a “flirt by nature” – replied: “Yes.”
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The barrister said: “In the course of your relationship with women, have you managed to be faithful to any of them?”
The footballer said: “No.”
He was then asked if he’d ever “lied” to his ex wife and other partners, and replied: “I have, yes… many times.”
The sportsman admitted even marriage wouldn’t stop him after he was asked: “If you’re attracted to a women regardless of your marital status, are you able to resist?”
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It comes after jurors heard this morning that he told police he may have “caught” former girlfriend Kate Greville with his head during a “tussle” as they rowed over his alleged affairs.
But he flatly denied deliberately attacking or hurting her in a prepared statement handed to cops hours after his arrest.
Both he and Kate were married when they met each other and began a relationship. She left her husband six months after their romance began – but Giggs said he wanted to “have his cake and eat it” by maintaining a family life and continuing the affair.
He eventually left Stacey in May 2016 after she learned of their relationship.
On the night of his arrest, he and Kate had argued when she took his phone away in a fight over cheating.
And he claimed that she had lashed out at him first, jurors at Manchester Crown Court heard. As he went to call police, his head “clashed” with hers, he said.
“Unfortunately, Kate and I got into an argument which resulted in us having a tussle over my phone which she had taken,” the statement says.
“I accept during the tussle she caught me in the face, causing bleeding to the lip and inner mouth.
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“I may have caught her and her sister during the scuffle but at no time was there any attempt to harm either of them.”
He said he “regrets” the fight, adding: “I accept that during this scuffle my head clashed with hers… I did not consciously try to hit Kate.”
Giggs, 48, said tensions rose when he asked Kate and sister Emma, 26, to leave his house in Worsley, Greater Manchester, but they refused.
But he denies actual bodily harm, controlling and coercive behaviour, and assaulting Emma by beating her.
The footballer was arrested in November last year following allegations he’d attacked PR exec Kate at his £1.7million mansion after a night out with pals at Manchester’s Stock Exchange hotel.
He became “very angry” when Kate failed to refer to him as her “boyfriend” before attacking her as she packed up her belongings with Emma and called an Uber, it was previously heard.
Today, the court heard Giggs had defended his relationship in his statement to police.
“For many people, lockdown was hard,” he said.
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“Whilst I accept [the relationship] was not perfect, it was mainly one of love and affection.”
He said “incidents happened” after Kate drank, adding: “I would never react with violence.”
Despite their problems, the couple had bought two dogs and were planning to move house, it was said.
“I thought we were planning for a future together,” Giggs told cops.
However, Kate alleged last week she’d been plotting her escape from their “toxic” relationship by secretly signing up for a new flat after learning he was cheating with 12 women.
She claimed living with Giggs during lockdown was “utter hell” as she faced a “cycle of abuse” and became a “slave to his every need and every demand”.
Jurors have also heard claims that Kate told bosses bruises on her arms were from “rough sex” after an incident at a hotel in 2017.
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Her employers were forced to block “intense” emails from Giggs because they “interfered with her work”, it was claimed.
Kate was seen with bruises on her arms again following an incident in February 2020, it’s said. She alleged Giggs had “got physical” with her in a hotel room.
Louisa Hamm, a friend of the complainant, said she’d seen marks on Kate’s arms that month when they were on holiday.
She told the court today: “Kate mentioned… she’d got in an argument with Ryan, quite a horrible argument.
“During the argument, she had been grabbed by Ryan, resulting in the bruise.”
But Mr Daw asked: “Were you aware that Kate and Ryan engaged in sexual behaviour that sometimes resulted in them being bruised?”
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In another incident, it’s claimed Giggs threw a naked Kate out of their room at the swanky Stafford Hotel in London after hurling a laptop bag at her head and kicking her.
The trial continues.
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