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      Ryan Giggs ‘promised me kids & demanded sex all the time – but was dating EIGHT women behind my back’, says ex

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      RYAN Giggs promised his ex-girlfriend kids and demanded sex all the time while he was dating eight other women, a court heard today. Kate Greville told detectives she thought the former Manchester United ace was her “soulmate” and he had vowed to start a family with her – but he had actually been unfaithful for years.
      Ryan Giggs arrives at Manchester Crown Court on August 9Credit: Getty
      Kate Greville has accused the former footballer of abuse and assaultCredit: Refer to Caption
      An artist’s impression of Giggs watching the police interview of his ex in courtCredit: SWNS
      In a police statement which was read out to a jury, Kate said: “He would tell me he was somewhere and it didn’t add up.”
      By December 2018 Kate claims she “knew” he was having an affair.
      Manchester Crown Court heard how Kate received an anonymous email saying, “just so you know, Ryan’s been in another relationship with another girl for a year”.
      When she confronted him, he allegedly told her she was “weak” and he was “always being accused” before adding: “If you’re not strong enough then you need to get out, don’t be so pathetic.”
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      Her suspicions grew while on a Christmas night out when she spotted the former Wales boss chatting to another woman.
      Kate said Giggs claimed they were “just friends” but a pal told her they were in a relationship.
      “He started screaming saying ‘I don’t like it when you talk to anybody about me’,” Kate said.
      “He then blocked me. I was like, ‘what the hell’s going on?’, but then I’d believe him.
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      “It was like this draw. He’d constantly tell me it’s all me, that I’m psycho, that I needed to trust him.” 
      Kate told how, despite Giggs “flipping out” and becoming aggressive, she believed he was her “soulmate and best friend”.
      She claims the footballer promised her he’d left his wife Stacey but she later discovered: “He’d been living with her the whole time.”
      He even called Kate by his ex’s name “all the time”, which she described as “the ultimate insult”.
      But he still regularly told her how he wanted a family – and always got her to come back to him by saying he wanted them to have kids, she alleges.
      Kate also told cops how she received a naked picture of Giggs from an anonymous sender, who messaged saying: “I’ve found this on my wife’s phone.”
      When she challenged him, he insisted it was all lies, she said.
      The pair “sorted things out” and went to Dubai – but that was when Kate claims she discovered the truth.
      “I knew he was in a relationship with two other girls, I’d just been so naïve to it all” she said.
      I’d just been so naïve to it all. Kate Greville
      “This Zara started messaging me and asked to follow me on Instagram. 
      “I knew he’d been seeing her so I split up with him.
      “When I was in it I still felt like he was my world. I desperately wanted to have a family, to move in with him, but the actual reality was very different.”
      She claimed to know of a total of eight women he was having affairs with during their relationship.
      In the police interview she said Giggs constantly denied he was cheating on her but she “needed to know the truth” so she checked his device.
      She said: “The reality of what I had found on that iPad was way worse than I could imagine.
      “Eight women he was having affairs with while he was with me. Full-on relationships.”
      But during this time, Giggs allegedly still wanted to have sex with Kate “every other day” and treated her “like his housemaid”.
      She said: “He’d want to have sex all the time. He didn’t force himself on me but he’d use sex to get me.”
      She added that he would “take the p***” out of the way she loaded the dishwasher and told her that the way she made the bed was wrong.
      “It was like I was a housemaid, I was his staff member,” she said.
      ‘HUMILIATING’
      One one occasion, in a row over another woman, she recalled how he threw her out of a hotel suite, leaving her naked in the hallway with her belongings strewn on the floor.
      Kate said the pair were in a club when she asked him who he was messaging.
      He claimed it was his daughter and they both went back to their hotel before he allegedly grabbed Kate by her arm.
      Giggs is accused of then “pushing” his ex to the floor, grabbing her belongings and throwing them into the hall.
      He subsequently slammed the door in her face and refused to let her back in, a jury heard.
      Kate said: “I was naked and all my stuff was in the middle of the corridor.
      “It was humiliating. I had to get back in with like a towel round me.”
      She also described a similar incident at a hotel in Dubai where Giggs allegedly grabbed her bag to stop her from leaving to go to the airport.
      “He pulled on my arm really hard and I fell forward on my knee,” she said, before adding that he eventually let her go and she went to a friend’s house rather than taking the planned flight back to Manchester together.
      ‘BLACKMAIL’
      Earlier, the court heard how Giggs allegedly bombarded Kate with sexual messages and threatened to publicly share X-rated videos of the pair if she didn’t reply.
      Over an almost three-year period, the sports star sent streams of abusive texts and blackmailed the PR executive, she alleges.
      Kate said: “He wouldn’t leave me alone.
      “He sent me an email once with blackmail and it was a video of what we’d done.
      “He’d say, ‘I’m going to send these messages to people if you don’t reply’.”
      Giggs is also accused of threatening to send emails to Kate’s friends and employers about her sexual behaviour, as well as making unwanted calls when she tried to break off the relationship.
      He also allegedly turned up unannounced and uninvited at her home, workplace and gym, and chucked her belongings out of his house when she asked him about his relationships with other women.
      Giggs has been charged with causing Kate actual bodily harm and engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour between August 31, 2017, and November 2, 2020 – claims he has denied.
      He has also denied attacking her sister at his £1.7million home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1, 2020.
      Giggs, who is on conditional bail and must not contact Kate or Emma, won 64 caps for Wales and had a glittering playing career with Man Utd, winning 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, four FA Cups and three League Cups.
      He is also a co-owner of League Two side Salford City.
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      He stepped down as Wales manager last month after going on leave when he was charged in November 2020.
      The footballer said he did not want the country’s preparations for this year’s World Cup in Qatar to be “affected, destabilised or jeopardised in any way by the continued interest around this case”.
      Ryan Giggs’ ex-wife Stacey pitch-side at Old Trafford in 2011Credit: Reuters
      Giggs is accused of controlling and coercive behaviour against his former partner KateCredit: PA
      Kate arrives at a hotel in Manchester with Giggs in 2018Credit: Jim Clarke – The Sun
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      Ryan Giggs trial LIVE – Ex girlfriend Kate Greville accuses former Man Utd star of physical and psychological abuse

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      EX-FOOTBALLER Ryan Giggs was an idol on the pitch but an abusive “gaslighter” of his ex-girlfriend in his private life, a court heard.Behind Giggs public persona the former Manchester United and Wales international footballer, accused of headbutting his ex-girlfriend, had a “much uglier and more sinister side to his character”, Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester heard.
      Jurors were told the 48-year-old’s private life involved a “litany of abuse, both physical and psychological, of a woman he professed to love”.
      Giggs denies using controlling and coercive behaviour against ex-girlfriend, PR executive, Kate Greville between August 2017 and November 2020.
      He has also pleaded not guilty to assaulting the 36-year-old, causing her actual bodily harm, and of the common assault of her younger sister, Emma Greville, at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1 2020.
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      Kate told police Ryan ‘gaslighted her’
      Kate Greville says she realised she no longer wanted to be with Ryan Giggs as he had “cheated on me so many times”.
      She says Giggs would “play the victim”, saying he was “heartbroken” and “I can’t live without you”.
      Ms Greville says she told Giggs “I don’t want anything to do with you, please leave me alone”. 
      “It was absolutely draining,” she tells police.
      Kate Greville ‘felt used’ by Ryan Giggs
      Kate Greville says she “felt used” by Ryan Giggs during their on-off relationship.
      “It felt like he was using me for sex,” she tells the officer.
      She says she discovered Giggs was in a “full relationship” with a new girlfriend and she decided she was “done”.
      She says Giggs would “scream” at her on the phone and email her saying: “Don’t you dare speak about me”.
      Kate claims Giggs used intimate video to blackmail her
      Ryan Giggs’ ex -girlfriend has recalled how she was once allegedly blackmailed by the footballer
      She told court: “He sent me a nasty email once with blackmail and it was a video that we’d done. 
      “He’d say ‘I’m going to send these messages to people if you don’t reply’.
      “I don’t know what the video was. It could have been sexual. I didn’t want to look. He’d want to have sex all the time. He didn’t force himself on me but he’d use sex to get to me.
      “He’d send me really sexual messages. When we werent speaking he’d send sexual messages or pictures. 
      “He got the wrong end of the stick and thought I was seeing some guy. 
      “I got bombarded with messages.”
      Kate felt ‘so alone and so isolated’
      Kate decided to stay in Dubai for another week after staying at her friends.
      She said: “I sent him a message on Whatsapp saying I’m going to get the flight. It was quite a nice message because I didn’t want any more abuse. 
      “I said ‘I’m really sad how this has ended, I’m not getting the flight with you in the morning’.
      “We agreed to block each other and we didn’t have any more contact for a few days and then he started messaging my friend saying he missed me. 
      “I left it a few days and then he kept messaging Katie.”
      Breaking down into tears, she said: “I didn’t message him straight away.
      Kate said she ended up messaging him because he would not stop contacting her friend. 
      The relationship resumed in February 2020 on her return to the UK.
      She added: “He made me feel so alone and so isolated.”
      The below court artist sketch shows former footballer Giggs at Manchester Crown Court.

      Kate told to leave by Ryan Giggs
      Kate has told the court of how Ryan Giggs told her to leave Dubai and fly back to Manchester.
      She started packing her things together at around 10pm.
      Kate told the jury: “He stood in my way and tried to stop me leaving. 
      “I was pushing him and telling him to move. 
      “He was trying to stop me and grabbed my bag that was on my arm.
      “I fell forward on my knee with my bag.
      “He then let me go. 
      “I went to my friend’s house who lives in Dubai.”
      Kate recalls ‘ultimate insult’
      Kate Greville is now in the witness box recalling an incident with Ryan Giggs in a hotel room in Dubai.
      She said they’d been out for some drinks when he turned on her and told her he didn’t like her when she’d consumed alcohol.
      Kate fought back tears as she said: “I constantly felt attacked by him. He’s having a go at me again.
      “I tend to not react to anything and not say anything. 
      “Then he said that I was just like his ex-wife and so he called me her name.
      “He knew that would really upset me so he would say it quite a lot. 
      “He used to say that she used to make his life hell and that she had a problem with alcohol and that I was just like her.”
      Kate tells court she’d been ‘naive to it all’
      Kate told police how she began to realise Ryan could be having an alleged affair during a Christmas break in Dubai.
      In a video of her statement to officers, Ms Greville continued: “Then we went to Dubai for Christmas and now I know he was in a relationship with two other girls. 
      “This Zara started messaging me and asked to follow me on Instagram. 
      “I knew he’d been seeing her so I split up with him. This is when it started to ramp up. 
      “Even though I had no proof and he hadn’t admitted it, I just knew. At the time, I’d just been naive to it all. 
      ‘All the time he was still living with Stacey’, Kate Greville tells court
      Kate claims Giggs told her he’d split with Stacey: “He’d tell me one thing and then I’d hear something else.
      In a police interview played in court today, Ms Greville said: “It all came out in May 2016. It was horrendous. I got hounded by the paps, emails from the media.
      “His ex-wife and daughter were sending me nasty messages.
      “I wanted to protect him so said nothing had gone on. 
      “Then I found out he’d lived with Stacey the whole time.” 
      ‘I was madly in love with Ryan’ says Kate Greville
      Ryan Giggs’ ex-girlfriend told police how she was “madly in love” with the former Man U star.
      She said: “He would say I was his soul mate. We would talk for hours.
      “He helped me get out of that situation.”
      There were “red flags” when she ignored Giggs and he would claim “she was “f****** someone else”.
      “I was madly in love with him basically,” she added.
      Kate recalls discovering Ryan had texted naked pics to other women
      During another alleged incident, she recalled the moment she discovered he’d sent a naked picture to another woman. 
      Kate claims Giggs had walked out on her in a Dubai restaurant after she told him to come off his phone.
      She told cops: “I was really upset, I don’t understand what happened.  I went to my friend’s house crying my eyes out, I didn’t want to go back to the hotel room.”
      The next day she said she received an email from an anonymous man who sent her the X-rated snap of Giggs which he’d found on his wife’s phone.
      Kate said: “He said ‘is it him’. I knew it was him. I said ‘yes who is it’ but he didn’t tell me. He said he had kids and didn’t want it to blow up. It’s not nice when you see that and your whole body goes into shock. 
      “That was the first time I realised maybe he’s not what I think he is. I confronted him and he tried to make up some story. He eventually told me who it was and she is married and said it was from ages ago and must have found it on her phone.
      “But I did a bit of detective work and I realised he’d sent it to me and it was only two weeks before. 
      Kate claims Giggs once threw her out of hotel suite naked
      On one occasion Kate recalled how he even threw her out of a hotel suite, leaving her naked in the hallway with her belongings strewn on the floor. 
      It was sparked after she accused him of texting another woman while they were in a club. 
      During the police interview, she said: “I could see on his phone he was messaging someone.
      “I asked him and he flipped. We were in a club but he flipped. 
      “He went up to my face and was screaming. He said ‘it’s my daughter I’m messaging’. He got up to leave and I ran after him. 
      “We got back to the hotel and got into bed. He flipped and grabbed me by my arm. 
      “He pushed me onto the floor. He took all my belongings and threw it all into the corridor and then shut the door and wouldn’t let me in.
      “I was naked, all my stuff was in the middle of the corridor. I got back into bed and he wouldn’t speak to me and I ended up apologising to him. 
      “He said ‘I don’t want to be with you anymore’. He put it on me that it was my fault for accusing him. I started begging him to take me back.”
      Kate told police Ryan ‘gaslighted her’
      Kate Greville says she realised she no longer wanted to be with Ryan Giggs as he had “cheated on me so many times”.
      She says Giggs would “play the victim”, saying he was “heartbroken” and “I can’t live without you”.
      Ms Greville says she told Giggs “I don’t want anything to do with you, please leave me alone”. 
      “It was absolutely draining,” she tells police.
      Ryan Giggs ‘bombarded me with sexual messages & threatened to send X-rated videos’
      The court has heard how Kate claimed she would “constantly get abusive messages” in a “cycle of abuse and then silence”.
      In a video of her police interview, which was played in court, she told the officer: “I’d get more abuse or sexual messages over this period of four months. 
      “He would make me feel like he was threatening my job. I was so worried he was going to ruin my career.
      “Then I’d found out he’d been in a relationship the whole time. He came over and had sex. I felt used the whole time. 
      “He’d want sex every other day. He was having sex with a totally different girl.”
      Kate claims Giggs used intimate video to blackmail her
      Ryan Giggs’ ex -girlfriend has recalled how she was once allegedly blackmailed by the footballer
      She told court: “He sent me a nasty email once with blackmail and it was a video that we’d done. 
      “He’d say ‘I’m going to send these messages to people if you don’t reply’.
      “I don’t know what the video was. It could have been sexual. I didn’t want to look. He’d want to have sex all the time. He didn’t force himself on me but he’d use sex to get to me.
      “He’d send me really sexual messages. When we werent speaking he’d send sexual messages or pictures. 
      “He got the wrong end of the stick and thought I was seeing some guy. 
      “I got bombarded with messages.”
      Kate Greville says she struggled to accept Ryan is NOT her soulmate
      Ms Greville told police how she found it impossible to break the cycle of abuse aimed at her.
      Watching her interview, the court heard: “When I was in it I still felt like he was my world, I desperately wanted to have a family, to move in with him. I still thought he was my best friend. 
      “The whole time, before I came up to Manchester, when I realised that it was like the rug had been pulled from underneath me. 
      “This one person was telling me one thing but the actual reality was very different. 
      “Obviously I worked with him at the time. He was my soul mate – but the realisation that he wasn’t, I really struggled. It was really hard.”
      Kate Greville ‘felt used’ by Ryan Giggs
      Kate Greville says she “felt used” by Ryan Giggs during their on-off relationship.
      “It felt like he was using me for sex,” she tells the officer.
      She says she discovered Giggs was in a “full relationship” with a new girlfriend and she decided she was “done”.
      She says Giggs would “scream” at her on the phone and email her saying: “Don’t you dare speak about me”.

      Sketch: Ryan Giggs watching police video of ex-girlfriend Kate Greville giving evidence
      The below court artist sketch shows former footballer Giggs at Manchester Crown Court watching ex-girlfriend Kate Greville giving evidence on police video.
      Giggs is accused of controlling and coercive behaviour against Ms Greville between August 2017 and November 2020. 
      He is also charged with assaulting Ms Greville and causing her actual bodily harm at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1, 2020 and common assault against her younger sister, Emma, in the alleged same incident.

      Kate tells court she’d been ‘naive to it all’
      Kate told police how she began to realise Ryan could be having an alleged affair during a Christmas break in Dubai.
      In a video of her statement to officers, Ms Greville continued: “Then we went to Dubai for Christmas and now I know he was in a relationship with two other girls. 
      “This Zara started messaging me and asked to follow me on Instagram. 
      “I knew he’d been seeing her so I split up with him. This is when it started to ramp up. 
      “Even though I had no proof and he hadn’t admitted it, I just knew. At the time, I’d just been naive to it all. 
      Giggs’ ex claims footballer was seeing two other girls at same time
      Ms Greville told police how things got “really bad” for Ryan and ex-wife Stacey – but she eventually found out he had allegedly been seeing two other girls at same time.
      Watching a video of her police interview, court heard: “Around Christmas time 2018 it started to get really bad with Stacey.
      “I was trying to talk about it but he would shut me down. He would scream at me and leave my apartment, storm out.
      “If we were in the car he’d leave me in the road. Maybe I didn’t say it in a great way but he would just flip so it got to the point where I just kept everything inside. There was no point.
      “That was two days before Christmas.
      “Now I know he was having an affair. He was in another relationship with someone, with two other girls at that time.
      Kate claims she couldn’t go on night out ‘without being blocked’
      Ryan Giggs’ ex Kate Greville says the footballer eventually forced her to stop socalising and going out.
      She said: “If I went out on a night out with my friends, if I didn’t reply to him I’d either get ‘rude’ or he would block me.
      “The amount of times he would block me, it was regular, like every time I went out. 
      “He would accuse me saying you’re obviously with someone, you’re with another guy tonight. 
      “It got to the point where I wouldn’t go out. All I would do is get anxious.
      “If I messaged him he’d say ‘why are you messaging me, I’m out with my friends’.
      “When I asked him when we going to start a family he said he never said that. 
      “I started thinking ‘have I made that up’. The reason I came back was because you said that. 
      “I came back to work for him. He set it up and said ‘why don’t you work for me, work for Gary, for the company’.”
      ‘Ryan’s ex-wife hated me’, Kate tells court
      Kate Greville told police during her interview that she felt Giggs’ ex wife “hated her”.
      In footage of the interview played in court, she said: “There was a massive problem with his ex-wife, she hated me.
      “He kept the kids very separate and would often lie to them about where he was and if he was with me.
      “It didn’t feel right why he wasn’t introducing me. I felt like he was making excuses. 
      “He was still saying he wanted a family because he got me to come back by saying he wanted us to have kids. 
      “Stuff didn’t add up, he would tell me he was somewhere and it didn’t add up.”
      ‘All the time he was still living with Stacey’, Kate Greville tells court
      Kate claims Giggs told her he’d split with Stacey: “He’d tell me one thing and then I’d hear something else.
      In a police interview played in court today, Ms Greville said: “It all came out in May 2016. It was horrendous. I got hounded by the paps, emails from the media.
      “His ex-wife and daughter were sending me nasty messages.
      “I wanted to protect him so said nothing had gone on. 
      “Then I found out he’d lived with Stacey the whole time.” 
      ‘I was madly in love with Ryan’ says Kate Greville
      Ryan Giggs’ ex-girlfriend told police how she was “madly in love” with the former Man U star.
      She said: “He would say I was his soul mate. We would talk for hours.
      “He helped me get out of that situation.”
      There were “red flags” when she ignored Giggs and he would claim “she was “f****** someone else”.
      “I was madly in love with him basically,” she added.
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      Ryan Giggs ‘bombarded me with sexual messages & threatened to send X-rated videos if I didn’t reply’, ex tells court

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      RYAN Giggs bombarded his ex-girlfriend with sexual messages and threatened to publicly share X-rated videos of the pair if she didn’t reply, a court heard today.The former Manchester United star is accused of hounding and blackmailing Kate Greville, 38, over a three-year period of abuse.
      Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs arrives at Manchester Crown Court with his legal teamCredit: Getty
      Giggs with ex-girlfriend Kate Greville
      Kate claims her ex bombarded her with sexual messagesCredit: Tim Stewart
      Kate said in a police statement, which was read out at Manchester Crown Court: “He wouldn’t leave me alone.
      “One minute he would be like, ‘you’re abusive, this is never going to work’, and then he’d be sending me naughty pictures.
      “If I didn’t reply to him, I’d get a lot of abusive messages.
      “He sent me an email once with blackmail and it was a video of what we’d done.
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      “He’d say, ‘I’m going to send these messages to people if you don’t reply’.
      “He’d send me really sexual messages, I got bombarded.”
      Kate also relived the “humiliating” moment Giggs allegedly kicked her out of her hotel room naked and shoved her to the floor in a row over him flirting with other women.
      The court heard how the former Wales boss “flipped” during a night out before the terrifying attack at the five-star London Stafford – one of a string of assaults alleged to have taken place over almost three years.
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      Kate said the pair were in a club when she asked him who he was messaging.
      He claimed it was his daughter and they both went back to their hotel before he allegedly grabbed Kate by her arm.
      Giggs is accused of then “pushing” his ex to the floor, grabbing her belongings and throwing them into the hall.
      He subsequently slammed the door in her face and refused to let her back in, a jury heard.
      Kate said: “I was naked and all my stuff was in the middle of the corridor.
      “It was humiliating. I had to get back in with like a towel round me.”
      Giggs has been charged with causing Kate actual bodily harm and engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour between August 31, 2017, and November 2, 2020 – claims he has denied.
      He has also denied attacking her sister at his £1.7million home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1, 2020.
      ‘THREE YEARS OF ABUSE’
      Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court yesterday heard Giggs threatened to send emails to Kate’s friends and employers about her sexual behaviour, as well as making unwanted calls when she tried to break off the relationship.
      He also allegedly turned up unannounced and uninvited at her home, workplace and gym, and chucked her belongings out of his house when she asked him about his relationships with other women.
      Opening the case for the prosecution, Peter Wright QC yesterday said Giggs was “idolised by his adoring fans” and described his skills on the pitch as “abundant and a thing of beauty”.
      But he told the jury that behind closed doors was a “much uglier and more sinister side to his character”.
      “This was a private life that involved a litany of abuse, both physical and psychological, of a woman he professed to love,” he said.
      “A woman who, in reality, was, if the evidence is to be believed, treated in a way that cannot be excused or overlooked, by either an adoring public, or the law.
      “This is a story of control and coercion of a woman who thought she was loved and respected, sadly the reality was very different.”
      Giggs, who is on conditional bail and must not contact Kate or Emma, won 64 caps for Wales and had a glittering playing career with Man Utd, winning 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, four FA Cups and three League Cups.
      He is also a co-owner of League Two side Salford City.
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      He stepped down as Wales manager last month after going on leave when he was charged in November 2020.
      The footballer said he did not want the country’s preparations for this year’s World Cup in Qatar to be “affected, destabilised or jeopardised in any way by the continued interest around this case”.
      An artist’s impression of Giggs watching the police interview of his ex in courtCredit: SWNS
      Giggs is accused of headbutting Kate at his Manchester home
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      Ryan Giggs ‘headbutted girlfriend after threatening her’ saying ‘I am so f***ing mad…I am scaring myself’

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      RAGING Ryan Giggs headbutted his girlfriend after abusing her for three years — and sending texts threatening: “I am so f***ing mad . . . I am scaring myself. I could do anything”, a court heard yesterday.The Manchester United legend and former Wales manager, 48, is on trial accused of assaulting his ex-partner Kate Greville, 38. He denies all charges.
      Ryan Giggs headbutted his girlfriend after abusing her for three years, a court heard yesterdayCredit: NB PRESS LTD
      The Manchester United legend and former Wales manager, 48, is on trial accused of assaulting his ex-partner Kate Greville, 38Credit: BackGrid
      Giggs battered Kate when she when she tried to leave their ‘toxic’ relationship, the court heard.Credit: BackGrid
      Giggs battered her when she when she tried to leave their “toxic” relationship, the court heard.
      The Manchester United legendis accused of headbutting former partner Kate after sending texts, including one: “I’m so f***ing mad…I could do anything.”
      Giggs is alleged to have attacked her as she packed her bags because “he had once again been cheating on her”.
      The former Wales manager is also accused of kicking her in the back and throwing her out of a hotel suite naked after she accused him of flirting with other women.
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      He also tried to blackmail Kate with threats of sending intimate pictures to her friends and work colleagues when she tried to leave him, it was said.
      And in their bust-up at his £1.7million mansion in Worsley, Gtr Manchester, he also elbowed her sister Emma in the jaw when she attempted to wrestle him away from Kate, the court heard.
      The jury was told yesterday how Giggs, whose lawyers could call on former manager Alex Ferguson and ex-teammate Gary Neville for their defence, was “idolised” for his skills on the pitch — but behind closed doors had “a much uglier and more sinister side.”
      He is charged with coercively controlling Kate between December 2017 and November 2020 during “an endless cycle of emotional and physical abuse”.
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      Giggs also faces a charge of assault causing ABH when he allegedly butted her in the face as she tried to end the relationship — leaving her with a bruised lip.
      He is accused of assault against her sister Emma the same evening when she tried to intervene.
      During repeated attempts to leave him, Giggs would fire off texts aimed to “erode any sense of self-worth”, it was said
      On one occasion, he is said to have sent an attachment with the header “Blackmail”. The prosecutor read from another message titled: “LIES, LIES LIES.”
      It said: “Only an evil, horrible c*** does that.” It goes on: “I simply cannot believe you f****** did that. I am so f****** mad right now and I am scaring myself because I could do anything.”
      He added: “I actually hate you the way you’ve done to me. Hate you. Hate, hate, hate.”
      In others he begged: “Please unblock me. All this blocking malarkey is poo. Promise no more naked piccies. FYI, I’m where I drop you off x.”
      During a stay at London’s five-star, £750-a-night Stafford Hotel, he kicked her in the back, threw her out of the suite naked and lobbed her bag at her when she accused him of flirting, the court heard.
      Opening the case, Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, told jurors at crown court in Manchester: “He is, you may know, a former professional footballer of considerable repute. In his heyday he played locally for Manchester United and internationally for Wales.
      “He was idolised and still is by his adoring fans and supporters.
      “On the pitch his skills were abundant and a thing of beauty. Off the pitch in the privacy of his own personal life, at home behind closed doors there was, we say, the facts in this case reveal a more uglier and sinister side of his character.
      ‘Litany of abuse’
      “We say it was a private life which involved a litany of abuse, both physically and psychologically of a woman he professed to love, a woman he was in a relationship with and treated her in a way that cannot be excused or overlooked by either adoring public or the law.
      “This is a story of control and coercion of a woman who thought she was loved and respected — sadly the reality was very different.”
      He went on to accuse Giggs of “gaslighting” Kate before she finally decided to end the relationship on November 1, 2020 — when Giggs is said to have “lost control” and headbutted her. The pair had been together with pals at ­Manchester’s Stock Exchange Hotel that evening when she went back to the house they shared to pack up her belongings.
      The prosecutor said: “Eventually, after years of turbulence, when the scales fell from her eyes, she ­realised she needed to remove herself from his sphere of influence.
      “She knew the defendant had once again been cheating on her.
      Only an evil, horrible c*** does that.” It goes on: “I simply cannot believe you f****** did that. I am so f****** mad right now and I am scaring myself because I could do anything.Ryan Giggs
      “In advance of her return home she informed her sister by text message of her plan.
      “She intended to make her departure before he got back from the hotel. The plan did not work.
      “As she was vacating the defendant’s home address, he came back and began arguing with her and trying to stop her leaving.” The prosecutor said she took his phone as a “bargaining chip” to try to persuade him not to prevent her from going.
      A heated argument followed and Giggs then attempted to grab her phone, which was later found on a fence post in the garden of the property, said Mr Wright.
      In the altercation that followed they grappled on the floor before Kate’s sister stepped in, the court heard.
      Mr Wright said: “Emma tried to pull the defendant off her sister. For her pains the defendant, we say, deliberately elbowed her in the jaw causing her discomfort and shock that he would turn violence on to her as well her sister.” The argument between Giggs and Kate is then said to have moved into the kitchen.
      Mr Wright said: “At that stage, we say, the defendant entirely lost self-control and he deliberately headbutted Kate, thereby causing swelling to her lips and bruising.
      “Emma then called the police, who attended the premises.”
      Mr Wright said it was Giggs’s claim that the headbutt incident was an accidental “clash of heads”.
      The prosecutor also told the jury he would give a “snapshot” of the nature of the relationship between Giggs and Kate, a woman more than ten years younger than him. She would block him on social media but he would then email her instead, it was said.
      This is a story of control and coercion of a woman who thought she was loved and respected — sadly the reality was very different.Peter Wright QC
      Giggs is accused of threatening to send images of her “of a personal nature” to her friends unless she did what he said.
      He physically threw her and belongings out of an address they were staying at after Kate challenged him about another woman, it was said. Giggs would allegedly harass Kate with messages including some to her friends and turn up “unwanted” at her house or her gym.
      ‘Obsessive behaviour’
      Mr Wright added: “This was not an expression of love, this is obsessive behaviour by him.
      “This was a manipulative, toxic, damaging relationship by a man upon a vulnerable woman.
      “We say it was a deliberate course of conduct by him, calculated to gaslight her into doubting herself and her instincts, to wear down any resistance she may show to him and his behaviour to make her pliant and compliant.”
      Mr Wright also said of their relationship: “It became plain, contrary to his protestations, she was not the only woman in his life. She terminated the relationship.
      “He pursued her, asking her to reconsider their relationship and eventually it recommenced for her to discover he was seeing someone else.
      This was a manipulative, toxic, damaging relationship by a man upon a vulnerable woman.Peter Wright QC
      “She went to Dubai and took her employment there, he followed her by both messaging her and physically going to Dubai seeking to renew the relationship. On her return to Manchester the relationship resumed.”
      Giggs’s barrister made a shorter opening statement on behalf of his client, who denies all charges.
      Addressing the jury of seven women and five men, Chris Daw QC said that although the couple behaved like “squabbling teenagers”, there were lines Giggs would “never cross”.
      He added: “He never once used unlawful violence against Ms Greville during the course of their relationship, no matter how bad things got.
      “His defence to the assaults is simple. Those accusations are based on distortion, exaggerations and lies. He assaulted no one.”
      Giggs stood down in June as manager of the Wales national team following a period of leave since November 2020 after his arrest.
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      During his time at United, he bagged 13 Premier League titles plus winner’s medals for two Champions Leagues, four FA Cups and three League Cups. He won 64 caps for Wales and is co-owner of League Two side Salford City.
      The trial continues.
      Giggs tried to blackmail Kate with threats of sending intimate pics to her pals and work colleagues when she tried to leave him, it was saidCredit: Refer to Caption
      He is charged with coercively controlling Kate between December 2017 and November 2020 during ‘an endless cycle of emotional and physical abuse’Credit: Getty
      Giggs also faces a charge of assault causing ABH when he allegedly butted her in the face as she tried to end the relationship — leaving her with a bruised lipCredit: PA
      The jury was told yesterday how Giggs was ‘idolised’ for his skills on the pitch. Pictured with ex-teammate David BeckhamCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      Giggs stood down in June as manager of the Wales national team following a period of leave since November 2020 after his arrest. Pictured with Gareth BaleCredit: Getty
      Giggs spent a night in the cells after the November 2020 incidentCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvin Media More

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      Ryan Giggs’ ‘abusive’ messages to girlfriend revealed during ‘3-year harassment campaign’

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      A SERIES of “abusive” messages said to have been sent by Ryan Giggs to his girlfriend have been revealed as he stands accused of assaulting her.The former Manchester United star, 48, is accused of using controlling and coercive behaviour against ex-partner Kate Greville between August 2017 and November 2020.
      Ryan Giggs has denied all the charges against himCredit: PA
      Giggs first met Kate Greville when she was working on PR for his Hotel Football business venture
      Giggs is said to have sent a string of ‘abusive’ messages to Kate GrevilleCredit: PA
      He is accused of headbutting her at his Manchester home
      He is also charged with assaulting the 36-year-old, causing her actual bodily harm, and of the common assault of her younger sister, Emma Greville, at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1 2020.
      Giggs has denied all the charges.
      During his appearance at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court the jury heard about a number of “abusive” messages Giggs is said to have sent.
      Prosecutor Peter Wright QC said Giggs would threaten to send images of her, “of a personal nature”, to her friends unless she did what he said.
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      Mr Wright gave the jury a flavour of some of the “thousands” of messages the pair exchanged.
      He cited one from Giggs, which stated: “Please unblock me. All this blocking malarkey is poo. Promise, no more naked piccies.
      “You may wish to wonder what he was threatening to do.”
      Minutes later Giggs sent an email with an attachment, with the subject header of “blackmail”.
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      In another he ranted: “I’m so f*****g mad, I’m scaring myself right now because I could do anything.
      “I actually hate you the way you’ve done to me today (sic). Hate, hate, hate.”
      In another he calls Kate an “evil, horrible, c***” and says: “Now I look like an utter t**t.” 
      The next day he wrote: “Please unblock me. All this blocking malarkey is poo. Promise no more naked piccies.
      “FYI, I’m where I drop you off x ” 
      Mr Wright QC said of the defendant: “He was idolised by his adoring fans and supporters. On the pitch his skills were abundant and a thing of beauty.
      “Off the pitch, in the privacy of his own personal life at home or behind closed doors, there was, we say the facts reveal, a much uglier and more sinister side to his character.
      “This was a private life that involved a litany of abuse, both physical and psychological, of a woman he professed to love.
      “A woman who, in reality, was, if the evidence is to be believed, treated in a way that cannot be excused or overlooked, by either an adoring public, or the law.
      ‘A STORY OF CONTROL’
      “This is a story of control and coercion of a woman who thought she was loved and respected; sadly the reality was very different.”
      The barrister continued: “Eventually, after years of turbulence, when the scales fell from her eyes, she realised she needed to remove herself from his sphere of influence.”
      Mr Wright said the result of this decision to break away was the incident on November 1 2020, when Giggs is said to have “lost control” and headbutted Ms Greville.
      While out together with friends at Manchester’s Stock Exchange Hotel that evening Ms Greville decided to terminate their relationship, said Mr Wright.
      He said: “She knew that the defendant had once again been cheating on her.
      “During the evening the defendant’s behaviour towards her led to her making that decision and make an early departure. In advance of her return home she informed her sister by text message of her plan.
      “She intended to make her departure before he got back from the hotel. The plan did not work.
      “As she was vacating the defendant’s home address, he came back and began arguing with her and trying to stop her leaving.”
      The prosecutor said she took his phone as a “bargaining chip” to try to persuade him not to prevent her from going.
      A heated argument followed and Giggs then attempted to grab her phone, which was later found on a fence post in the garden of the property, said Mr Wright.
      In the altercation that followed they grappled together on the floor before Ms Greville’s sister stepped in, the court heard.
      Mr Wright said: “She (Emma Greville) tried to pull the defendant off her sister. For her pains the defendant, we say, deliberately elbowed her in the jaw causing her discomfort and shock that he would turn violence on to her as well her sister.
      “The argument between the defendant and Kate Greville moved to the kitchen. The couple continued to argue about her mobile phone.
      “At that stage, we say, the defendant entirely lost self-control and he deliberately headbutted Kate, thereby causing swelling to her lips and bruising. Emma then called the police, who attended the premises.”
      Defending Giggs, Chris Daw QC said he and Kate “behaved like squabbling children” – but that there were “lines Mr Giggs would never cross”.
      He said Giggs never “used unlawful violence” and slammed the allegations as “distortion, exaggeration and lies”.
      Giggs stood down in June as manager of the Wales national team following a period of leave since November 2020.
      During his time at Old Trafford, Manchester United won 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, four FA Cups and three League Cups.
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      He won 64 caps for Wales and is co-owner of League Two side Salford City.
      The trial continues.
      Giggs has vowed he will clear his nameCredit: PA
      Court artist sketch Giggs in front of judge Hilary ManleyCredit: PA
      The former Man United star was a key figure in the side More

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      Ryan Giggs ‘kicked naked girlfriend out of 5-star hotel in row over him flirting with other women’

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      RYAN Giggs kicked his naked girlfriend out of a five-star hotel after a row over him flirting with other women, a court heard today.The former Manchester United ace, 48, is accused of kicking his then-partner Kate Greville in the back at Stafford London – one of a string of assaults alleged to have taken place over almost three years.
      Footballer Ryan Giggs arrives at Manchester Minshull Street Crown CourtCredit: PA
      Giggs first met Kate Greville when she was working on PR for his Hotel Football business venture
      Court artist sketch Giggs in front of judge Hilary ManleyCredit: PA
      Giggs has been charged with causing Kate actual bodily harm and engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour – claims he has denied.
      He has also denied attacking the 36-year-old’s sister at his £1.7million home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1, 2020.
      And he faces a string of controlling or coercive behaviour accusations between August 31, 2017, and November 2, 2020.
      Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard this includes threatening to send emails to Kate’s friends and employers about her sexual behaviour, as well as making unwanted calls when she tried to break off the relationship.
      The former Wales boss also allegedly turned up unannounced and uninvited at her home, workplace and gym, and chucked her belongings out of his house when she asked him about his relationships with other women.
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      Giggs denies causing Kate actual bodily harm and engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour.
      Opening the case for the prosecution, Peter Wright QC said Giggs was “idolised by his adoring fans” and described his skills on the pitch as “abundant and a thing of beauty”.
      But he told the jury that behind closed doors was a “much uglier and more sinister side to his character”.
      “This was a private life that involved a litany of abuse, both physical and psychological, of a woman he professed to love,” he said.
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      “A woman who, in reality, was, if the evidence is to be believed, treated in a way that cannot be excused or overlooked, by either an adoring public, or the law.
      “This is a story of control and coercion of a woman who thought she was loved and respected, sadly the reality was very different.”
      He went on to tell the jury about the alleged events on November 1 2020.
      ‘HEATED’ ARGUMENT
      The jury heard how Kate had told her sister she intended to leave the football star – but he returned home and the pair began to argue.
      He said: “The argument became heated. He tried to grab her phone.”
      Mr Wright said Giggs then pushed Ms Greville to the ground, causing bruising to her arm.
      He said they were grappling on the floor when her sister Emma stepped in – and he “deliberately elbowed” her.
      Mr Wright alleged Giggs then “entirely lost his self-control” and “deliberately headbutted” Kate.
      Police were called and she told officers of the “toxic” nature of the relationship, it is alleged.
      ‘SQUABBLING CHILDREN’
      Defending Giggs, Chris Daw QC said he and Kate “behaved like squabbling children” – but that there were “lines Mr Giggs would never cross”.
      He said Giggs never “used unlawful violence” and slammed the allegations as “distortion, exaggeration and lies”.
      He was meant to go on trial in January but the case was adjourned due to a backlog following the pandemic.
      Giggs is on conditional bail and must not contact Kate or Emma Greville, or go to any address where they are.
      He won 64 caps for Wales and had a glittering playing career with Man Utd, winning 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, four FA Cups and three League Cups.
      He is also a co-owner of League Two side Salford City.
      Giggs has denied the allegations and previously issued a statement in which he said he would “look forward to clearing my name”.
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      He stepped down as Wales manager last month after going on leave when he was charged in November 2020.
      The footballer said he did not want the country’s preparations for this year’s World Cup in Qatar to be “affected, destabilised or jeopardised in any way by the continued interest around this case”.
      The former Manchester United ace denies assaulting his ex-girlfriendCredit: PA
      He is accused of headbutting her at his Manchester home
      The former Man United star has vowed to clear his name More

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      Ryan Giggs to go on trial for controlling and assaulting ex-girlfriend Kate Greville and attacking her sister next week

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      RYAN Giggs will stand trial next week accused of drunkenly headbutting his ex-girlfriend.The former Man Utd ace, 48, allegedly assaulted Kate Greville, 36, at his £1.7million home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1, 2020.
      Ryan Giggs is due to stand trial on MondayCredit: Getty
      He is also accused of attacking her sister Emma Greville on the same date.
      Giggs is now due to stand trial on Monday at Minshull Street Court.
      The case will then move to Manchester Crown Court, which is closed for asbestos testing, for the remainder of the case.
      He was meant to go on trial in January but the case was adjourned due to a backlog of cases following the pandemic.
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      The former Wales boss denies causing Kate actual bodily harm and engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour between December 2017 and November 2020.
      He has also pleaded not guilty to the common assault by beating of Emma Greville on November 1.
      Giggs is on conditional bail and must not contact Kate or Emma Greville, or go to any address where they are.
      Police were called to his £1.7million mansion at 10.05pm on November 1 last year following reports of a disturbance.
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      He was arrested and later bailed pending further inquiries.
      Kate met Giggs when she was working on PR for his Hotel Football business venture, opposite Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium.
      In April 2018 she was appointed head of PR and communications for GG Hospitality, the hospitality management firm co-owned by Giggs and former United team-mate Gary Neville.
      She was involved in the launch of their Stock Exchange Hotel in Manchester city centre before she took up a new PR consultancy post last July with a former employer.
      Giggs won 64 caps for Wales and had a glittering playing career with Manchester United, winning 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, four FA Cups and three League Cups.
      He is also a co-owner of League Two side Salford City.
      Giggs has denied the allegations and previously issued a statement in which he said he would “look forward to clearing my name”.
      He stepped down as Wales manager last month after going on leave when he was charged in November 2020.
      The footballer said he did not want the country’s preparations for this year’s World Cup in Qatar to be “affected, destabilised or jeopardised in any way by the continued interest around this case”.
      Giggs first met Kate Greville when she was working on PR for his Hotel Football business venture
      He is accused of headbutting her at his Manchester home
      The former Man United star has vowed to clear his name More

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      Man City exec warned she could face jail after cheating club out of £104,000

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      AN ex-Manchester City executive was warned yesterday she could face jail after cheating the club out of £104,374.Business development manager Fiona Barclay was suspended and sacked by the Prem champs over her crimes.
      Fiona Barclay was warned that she could face jail after cheating the club out of more than £104,000Credit: Steve Allen
      Barclay, 33, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, appeared at Manchester’s Minshull Street crown court for sentence after earlier admitting the fraud.
      The judge adjourned the case until next month for a psychiatric report but warned “it doesn’t mean there won’t be a custodial sentence”.
      City said no clients suffered a loss in the fraud.
      Recorder Lowe told Barclay, who cried in the dock, that an adjournment didn’t necessarily mean she’d be spared a custodial sentence.
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      He said: “All sentencing options are open.
      “By putting this case back it doesn’t mean there won’t be a custodial sentence.”
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      A City spokesperson said: “Fiona Barclay was suspended immediately and subsequently dismissed when evidence of her fraud was uncovered.
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