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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.
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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
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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”.
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Giggs is accused of headbutting Kate at his Manchester home
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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
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