The player's agent is reported to have said: "I'm shocked. This is incredible. I can't believe it. He's such a family man. I didn't have that kind of money. But because someone has money, they can do that.
I just think it is ridiculous. The whole thing is a farce. I just think it should be equal for everyone. Still, on the plus side, "I've had quite a lot of work from it. And, to be honest, when my name was first out there I thought I'd never work again. Everyone thinks I'm just this girl who craved attention, a reality star.
But I went to university. I've got a good degree. There's one thing she's sure about though. Absolutely not. But there are only so many times you can say sorry. Carole Cadwalladr. It's the decision of the public to make these footballers a role model. After all, they're also bare mortals and sultry models like Imogen Thomas could prove to be too much of a temptation to turn away from.
That's entirely private. However, that doesn't mean players should hide under the safety blanket of super-injunctions. They must show some guts to reveal it like a man to the entire world rather than resorting to hide-and-seek games. Giggs has achieved so much in his illustrious career. He's one of the all-time best players of the Premier League era. We will just have to wait and see how much of this self-inflicted shame will affect his popularity.
Being such a senior figure, even Sir Alex Ferguson may struggle to hold a talk with Giggs about this disgraceful escapade that incurs ignominy on the player as well as his club.
It's not one off case. A handful of Premier League players are hiding behind the super-injunctions, including two Arsenal players, for whom the club paid all the legal charges to secure super-injunction.
Who could have guessed then that the article would have such far reaching consequences and provoke one of the biggest communal acts of civil disobedience in modern times? She was spotted near her London home weeping before holding her head in her hands and crumpling to the pavement.
She said she was in love with him and he was in love with her. She thought it went much deeper. Imogen was lovestruck. Imogen Thomas was many things, but she was certainly no victim. At a subsequent hearing in the High Court in London, the judge who granted the injunction gave his reasons for doing so. She then contacted him by text in March, which led him to conclude she was thinking of selling her story.
Giggs agreed to meet her in a hotel where he was staying last month. Whatever the truth, Miss Thomas eventually sold her story through Max Clifford. There were more revelations — giving a very different account of events, of course. She claimed she had only told her mother, Janette and sister Alana about the relationship. Miss Thomas said they feared they may have been found out after she suspected someone was following her. But from then on, Miss Thomas only heard from Giggs through his lawyers.
He was fighting a losing battle. At the weekend, a newspaper in Scotland published a photograph of Giggs and football fans mockingly chanted his name at a match with a worldwide audience.
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