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KYLE Walker’s ex-mistress Lauryn Goodman used the England footie ace as an “open-ended cheque book” after giving birth to his love child.In a scathing court ruling delivered today the Instagram influencer was accused by a judge of cashing in on his betrayal of wife Annie Kilner.Lauryn Goodman went up against Kyle Walker in a court showdownCredit: Darren FletcherThe pair went head-to-head as Lauryn made a string of extraordinary demandsCredit: Darren FletcherShe knew he was desperate to keep the birth of their one-year-old daughter Kinara Storm a secret and used it as “leverage” to get what she wanted, a judge said.The damning 30-page document brands her an “unreliable” witness who tailored her evidence to suit her case rather than the truth.And it laid bare her wild shopping sprees and outrageous demands – after a previous judge had slammed her for spending money “like it was going out of fashion”.They included £33,000 for air conditioning at her seven-bedroom mansion in Hove, Sussex, a £22,000 furnishing fund, £70,000 for a Mercedes GLE, to be replaced every three years, and a £30,000 car allowance for a nanny.Read more on sportLAURYN’S SHOPPING LIST IN FULL£30,000 Air conditioning£31,200 Astroturf pitch£20,000 Furnishing fund£70,000 Car allowance every three years£14,750 per month/£150,000 a year in child maintenance for both children£3,900 per month childcare costs for Kinara of 30 hours per week at £30 an hour£30,000 Car for the nanny, to be replaced every three yearsA bespoke wood and glass baby gateA gardener at a cost of £28 per hour – “The lawn mower is heavy”£171.81 per month for two mobile phones – one for family, one for friendsAn iron – “I do have a steamer but it leaks”£800 Water filtersSPENDING SPREE£2,000+ Garden furniture£1,499 Garden chairs and table£6,250 Wardrobes£2,149 Outdoor lighting£9,000 Blinds£1,619 Oven£996 Bar stools£15,396 sofas£3,925 Sofa bedsWHAT HE’S PAID FOR ALREADY£1,059,717 for his and Lauryn’s legal fees£2.4 million house in Sussex for Lauryn£9,188 per month child maintenance for Kairo£7,000 per month child maintenance for Kinara£245,000 Lauryn’s legal fees for financial hearing relating to Kinara 2024£48,000 new wardrobes at Lauryn’s home£52,164 new blinds and curtains£9,115 CCTV cameras£5,651 burglar alarm£30,000 ‘Wish list’ for Kinara£27,000 ‘Maternity’ nanny for Kinara£16,678 to secure the nanny£5,590 per month for childcare costs£10,000 property management fund£75,000 furnishing fund£28,000 replacement gates for the house£10,000 Kairo’s fourth birthday party£73,000 Premium bonds and an ISA for Kairo£40,840 To clear some of Lauryn’s debtsOn top of that she wanted £14,750 a month in child maintenance, £3,900 a month in childcare costs, a bespoke wood and glass baby gate – and even an iron.She also insisted on £31,200 for an astro-turf pitch – telling the court that baby Kinara had kicked a ball with her left foot from a crawling position and showed a talent as a potential Lioness of the future.Kyle – who court documents revealed is worth a staggering £27million – had already shelled out £48,000 for fitted wardrobes and a media screen, £75,000 for a furnishing fund, £9115 for 14 CCTV cameras, £5,650 for an alarm and £52,164 for curtains and a blind.INSIDE THE CELEB COURT BATTLE OF THE YEARBy Ed Southgate, News ReporterA FOOTBALLER, a wannabe influencer and the fallout from a cheating scandal which resulted in two children. Kyle Walker’s showdown with Lauryn Goodman was the celebrity court battle of the year. There was certainly no love lost between the pair, who share a son and a daughter at the heart of this case, as they traded insults when giving evidence. Lauryn, clearly troubled by the extraordinary situation, was first up as she demanded eye-watering sums of money, including £70,000 for a Mercedes GLE.She claimed (without much evidence) that Kyle “doesn’t do as he says”, said “the whole thing is just horrendous”, and insisted she has “always tried to work with him”, despite two scathing court judgments suggesting the opposite.She also told the court: “I do feel like I’m controlled in a lot of aspects of my life. I want to live my life.”But she was spectacularly torn apart for threatening to tell the world Kyle was the dad, or even to move closer to him, if he failed to meet her huge financial demands. At one point, she was in tears.Kyle complained of being treated as an “open cheque book”, said Lauryn was “very interested in money” and insisted: “She should manage her money better”. He said he wanted to provide for the children, adding: “In all of this, I have been more than generous.”This case was heard just two days after England’s heartbreaking 2-1 loss in the Euros final against Spain, and we can reveal that Kyle only found out the shock news of Gareth Southgate’s resignation at the same time as everyone else – midway through the first day. He told me how his head was “scrambled” and began processing the news in the car back that afternoon.The right-back was clearly relieved when it was over, and said he was looking forward to going back to his home with wife Annie. It remains to be seen how Lauryn will deal with this latest blow – she is currently filming for C4’s Celebs Go Dating, which will earn her around £15,000. But Kyle will surely be hoping to be able to put these rocky few years behind him and enjoy his final few years in top-flight football.In a highly rare move for the often secretive family courts, Judge Edward Hess lifted reporting restrictions to lift the lid on a scandal that has gripped the nation all year.Most read in FootballHe praised Kyle’s “grace, generosity and kindness” and said he had acted with “dignity and, once the secret was out, honesty”.He applauded his exclusive interview with The Sun in the wake of the revelations and said it was “more to his credit than otherwise”.Lauryn Goodman issued warning by Celebs Go Dating over Kyle Walker drama as she breaks down in floods of tears on the show In stark contrast, he was scathing of Lauryn and her behaviour.The judge said: “Throughout 2023, he sought to keep secret the fact that he was Kinara’s father.”It is clear from the evidence that he was understandably embarrassed about this fact and anxious about how his wife would react when she found out.”In his attempts to persuade the mother to go along with the retention of secrecy, the father gave way to many of the financial demands of the mother which he might otherwise have resisted.”The evidence before me has amply demonstrated that the mother was able to leverage these substantial increases by hinting that she would go public on the paternity issue.”She also threatened that if she did not get what she wanted she would select a home a stone’s throw away from his in Cheshire…an idea which she knew horrified the father.Lauryn claimed she needed a £70k car allowanceCredit: GettyShe also demanded artificial grass and money for air conCredit: Getty”If the father thought that these rather generous house budget increases would keep his paternity a secret, he was to be disappointed.”The mother plainly had no intention of keeping the matter secret.”He added: “I think the father was correct to observe that the mother was in many ways treating him as an open-ended cheque book.”He said the £150,000-a-week Manchester City star, who also has four-year-old son Kairo to Lauryn, gave way to a flurry of financial demands in a bid to keep her quiet.He even increased her housing budget from £1.85million to £2.4million after she threatened to move within 10 minutes of his Cheshire home.If I was a painter or decorator I can guarantee this would not have gone this far. It couldn’t have gone this far. Kyle WalkerBut in his withering assessment of Lauryn, Judge Edward Hess said she had “no intention” of ever keeping it a secret.She laid a trail of breadcrumbs with a series of social media hints and had “not just cooperated with, but actively instigated” a feeding frenzy that erupted after he was finally exposed.The court was told Lauryn had applied for a “financial remedies” hearing for Kinara just two days after she was born on June 28 last year.Both Kyle and Lauryn gave evidence during a two-day hearing at the Central Family Court in London – less than 48 hours after England’s heart-breaking defeat to Spain in the Euros final.Full-back Kyle, 34, who earns £10million a year, flew home with his Three Lions teammates after the 2-1 loss before arriving at court the next day in a suit for the showdown.He successfully applied to adjourn the case by a day because of the final – despite Lauryn insisting that he should not be given “permission to celebrate or commiserate with his teammates”.Walker was dragged to court just days after the Euros finalCredit: GettyThe Judge dubbed the footballer ‘sensible, honest and reliable’Credit: Darren FletcherThey were each grilled for three-and-a-half hours over the financial provisions for Kinara.Kyle told the hearing: “If I was a painter or decorator I can guarantee this would not have gone this far. It couldn’t have gone this far. I wouldn’t be able to afford it. I have paid for everything.”I have had four boys with Annie and I have never had a nanny. We do everything ourselves.”If the nanny needs a car when the nanny can use Lauryn’s vehicle. I would probably employ one who drove to begin with.”I don’t know how many people you would like me to pay for. Does she want a chef?”Lauryn also gave evidence – but Judge Hess was left far from impressed and was brutal in his summing up of her evidence to court.My assessment of the mother is that she was not reliable.Judge Hess He revealed Kyle had paid for his and Lauryn’s legal fees which soared above £1million.He went on: “In my view the father’s presentation before me was sensible, honest and reliable.”Plainly, he was embarrassed and remorseful as to the difficult situation in which he has placed a number of people, including all of his children, and regretted his decision-making in trying to keep his paternity of Kinara a secret.”But he has in my view acted with dignity and generosity (and, once the secret was out, honesty) in facing up to the financial and personal consequences of what happened.”In contrast, my assessment of the mother is that she was not reliable.”She often said what she thought would help her case rather than what was true, failed to make a calm and measured assessment of what she needed and often exaggerated her need to spend money.”Kyle had two babies behind Annie’s backThe Recorder said Lauryn ‘found it very difficult to give a straight answer’Credit: SplashShe also went out of her way to blame Kyle for the newspaper coverage – despite being “overwhelmingly responsible for it”.The judge even included extracts from another damaging judgement for Lauryn – issued in private in 2022 – after another hearing to settle the financial arrangements for Kairo, then two.The judge at the time, Recorder Alexander Chandler observed: “I regret to say that I found her evidence wanting in several respects.”She generally found it very difficult to give a straight answer, she argued with counsel, asked questions back and, in my judgment, sought wherever possible to argue her case rather than give simple, straightforward answers…”The mother showed a remarkable lack of insight in relation to her own spending.”While it may serve the mother’s purpose to see herself as the victim in this case, I cannot see any proper basis for suggesting that the father has sought to ‘punish’ her or deny her proper financial support.She generally found it very difficult to give a straight answer, she argued with counsel. “In my judgment, this is a fantasy on the mother’s part which enables her to avoid responsibility for her actions which amount to spending money as if it was going out of fashion.”I do not accept that she either tried or did give this court an honest and clear account of the background.”By contrast, Kyle was regarded as “a perfectly straightforward witness” who gave his answers in an even and thoughtful tone and “demonstrated commendable maturity”.Judge Hess concluded by waving away the vast bulk of Lauryn’s financial demands.Dismissing her £33,000 request for air conditioning he said: “As the father said, on the fairly small number of days in England when it is very hot, any discomfort can usually be dealt with by closing blinds/curtains and deploying a modestly-priced electric fan.”That is what happens in his home, he said, and although he conceded that it may be generally a little colder in Cheshire than in Sussex, he thought (and I agree with him) that air conditioning is rarely needed in an English home.”And he refused to grant her wish of a trust fund to cover Kairo and Kinara’s nursery and school fees – saying he had “little confidence” in Lauryn’s ability to deal with it in a “reliable and sensible” way.Speaking after today’s ruling, Kyle spoke out against Lauryn’s “insatiable greed and relentless pursuit of money”.WHAT THEY’RE WORTHLAURYN GOODMANMinority share of her own mother’s home in Sussex £75,000Bank accounts in sole name £18,461Monies owed to grandparents -£59,900Credit card debts -£3,996Outstanding Legal Costs -£18,688TOTAL £10,877Income: Earned £15,000 from Celebs Go Dating, £600-£800 a month on blogsKYLE WALKER50% share in Cheshire family home £1,850,00090% (deferred) share in Lauryn’s Sussex home £2,120,000Other real property interests, including holiday chalet £662,900Bank accounts in sole name £4,893,247Investments in sole name £9,561,833Company holding the father’s image rights £5,338,442Other corporate interests £1,164,569Watches and motor cars £1,200,000Outstanding Legal Costs -£76,436TOTAL £26,714,555*Annual income, including basic pay, image rights, performance bonuses, success fees and international fees: £7-10millionHis spokeswoman added: “The judge made it clear: she used Kyle as an open ended cheque book and repeatedly threatened him in order to get what she wanted.”She then orchestrated a media campaign to feed intolerable and wrongful intrusion into the private lives of Kyle, Annie and their young family.”Throughout each court proceeding the judge stated that Kyle adopted a fair and generous stance.”These proceedings were never necessary. Kyle’s offer should have been accepted months ago and would therefore have eliminated the need for added stress to all involved.”Lauryn meanwhile called herself a “dedicated single mother” as she vowed to always do her best for her children.READ MORE SUN STORIESShe said: “Thanks to my legal team and the judge’s decision, my children’s childhood is secure and I will now focus on building a solid future for them so as to provide for the time when the children’s home reverts back to their father.”More than anything, I look forward to enjoying every moment with my children and the three of us being able get on with our lives.” More