– VICTIM’S FURY
“I’m appalled a club will allow a rapist and liar to represent them,” she said.
“What message will this send to impressionable young fans?
“They are saying you can behave like an animal and still be a sporting hero.”
Goodwillie and Robertson, 30, were both branded rapists by a judge following the civil hearing earlier this year.
Lord Armstrong ruled, on the balance of probabilities, that both men took advantage of Denise while she was too drunk to consent. The former team-mates are appealing the ruling.
Denise, a former Scottish Prison Service careers adviser, has demanded the Scottish Football Association launch an investigation into whether Goodwillie’s signing by Clyde has brought the game into disrepute.
She said: “The SFA has a role to play in ensuring standards are upheld.
“I would like to see whether they believe Goodwillie is fit to be seen as a professional footballer with all the influence that has on the young people who watch the game?
“Isn’t it time they sent out a very clear message?”
And Sandy Brindley, of Rape Crisis Scotland, said: “Footballers are role models and this signing sends out completely the wrong message.
“Goodwillie has been found to be both a rapist and a liar by one Scotland’s most senior judges and he should not be allowed on the professional field.
“It’s a disgrace Denise Clair is having to continue suffering further anguish brought about by this signing.”
Denise was driven to the brink of suicide when criminal prosecutors dropped their rape charge against Goodwillie in 2011.
After years of online abuse from football fans, Denise took civil action against the men and won £100,000 in damages. playing
Goodwillie subsequently announced he was leaving English League Two club Plymouth Argyle by “mutual consent”.
Cowdenbeath midfielder Robertson, 30, said he was “retiring” from the game soon after the ruling. He has since been working as a boiler salesman.
In January, it emerged that the men tried to buy Denise’s silence with three separate offers of money.