Giggs enjoyed ‘rough’ sex life with former girlfriend who is accusing him of assault
FORMER MANCHESTER United footballer Ryan Giggs has told a jury about the “rough” sex life he enjoyed with the partner who has accused him of “headbutting” her during a row at home.
Giggs also described “trying to push” ex-girlfriend Kate Greville at the Stafford Hotel in London in 2019 during a row, after claiming she had been “holding hands” with a sports presenter on a nightclub dancefloor earlier that night.
The 48-year-old, wearing a grey suit on his second day giving evidence at Manchester Crown
Court, told jurors there was another drunken argument in Dubai in 2020, after he called Ms Greville by his ex-wife Stacey’s name, in a “slip of the tongue”.
Giggs is on trial accused of assaulting 38-year-old Ms Greville and her younger sister, Emma Greville, 26, at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1, 2020.
He is also accused of using controlling and coercive behaviour against his ex-partner.
Giggs’s QC, Chris Daw, asked the former United winger if he had put pressure on Ms Greville to have sex, with the footballer replying it “was always mutual”.
Mr Daw went through a series of messages between Giggs and Ms Greville in 2017.
One, from Ms Greville to Giggs, said: “I want you so badly. Rough xx.”
Giggs replied: “Do you? I’m scared of hurting you.”
Ms Greville said: “I want it to hurt a little, not in a weird way, I just want you to shock and surprise me.”
In response to a message from Giggs that it was “a fine line”, Ms Greville then said: “We’ll just have to have fun finding that line then.”
Asked whether the couple had an equal interest in rough sex, Giggs replied: “From this exchange it looks like Kate, but throughout the relationship it was just mutual.”
Giggs also claimed he was “very supportive” to Ms Greville in setting up her own PR business, and there was “no truth” to allegations to the contrary.
He denied ever preventing her having her own home, having control over her money and trying to control her relationships with friends and family.
The hearing continues.