Ryan Giggs: Former Wales international and Manchester United star in domestic violence trial
Former Manchester United footballer Trial Ryan Giggs resumed for day four on Thursday at Minshull Street Crown Court,Manchester
. Mr. Giggs, 48, is accused of controlling and coercive behavior towards his ex. Between August 2017 and her November 2020, her girlfriend and her PR her executive, Kate Greville, 36, assaulted her and accused her of actual physical harm and her caused the general assault of his sister.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
On Wednesday, Mr. Greville faced cross-examination by defense attorney Christopher Dawes QC, who said in an on-and-off relationship that he was "a slave to [Mr Giggs'] every need and every request." He said he feels like
"It was like that," she told the court. "If Ryan said to do something, I would do it. He made me feel like I had to do everything he said or there would be consequences."
At first she described him as a "knight in shining armor" who would save her from an unhappy marriage, but he then "lure" her into an affair, and gradually He speculated that he might become "regularly aggressive" and suffer from narcissism. Personality disorder.
Greville conflict Proposal Giggs Connection Helps Her New Business
When Daw suggests that the four most important clients for her new PR agency have been secured through connections with Ryan Giggs, Ms. Greville rejects the idea.
She also claimed that Mr. Giggs alienated her from her closest allies and made her sister Emma sit like a dog at this point. Denies having met many of her family members. She took care of the dog and helped around the house because it benefited him, which he liked.
She adds:
``I know the difference between an argument and an abuse.''
Ms. Greville, discussing domestic conflicts during this period, said: arguments and abuse.
When asked about actual acts of violence, she said:
Summarizing this period, she said:
Court ruled Giggs and Greville living together during Covid lockdown Shown video
The clip in question shows a couple living in harmony during a pandemic, exercising together, and starring in a joke TikTok video mimicking 50 Cent. Although it paints a picture, Ms. Greville insists the situation is not so clear.
"That doesn't mean he was always nice to me," she told the court.
"It was fine at the beginning of the lockdown, but it got worse over time."
We dismiss this, saying at this time there are no reports that Mr. Giggs has been violent or aggressive.
He says she would never have lived with him if he had been a "continuous and violent abuser." Seduced by his "big house and big garden".
"He kept making promises to the world. I believed him. He's so charming. I'm ashamed of myself, but I did."
She breaks down in tears, as she did once on Wednesday.
"You said lockdown was hell, but he was acting dominant again," she says.
"Yes," she replies.
QC grills Greville on Dubai debate
Apparently trying to suggest that the petitioner also has a volatile side, Mr. Doe asks her about the feud while on vacation in Dubai. He suggests it broke out when Mr. Giggs actually called Mr. Greville "Stacey," which is his ex-wife's name.
"No, we got into an argument because he said I was responsible when I was drunk," she explains.
He continues:
Mr. Greville counters.
She denies being enraged and instead says:
The barrister lied about Giggs throwing the laptop.
Mr Daw suggested that photographs of Ms Greville at the time of the alleged London hotel incident showed no signs of injury, saying, "It was all It's a lie," he suggests.
"Not at all," she replied.
He then questioned her about Mr. Giggs' jealousy when he was paired with another woman for her tournament of golf, and cheated on her with another man. accuses her of making her then-boyfriend jealous.
"I disagree," she says of her own behavioral traits.
When asked why she did not mention the attacks in Dubai in her initial testimony, she replied: To miss some details... I found the photo that triggered the memory.
"When you're in it, you justify it in your head...it just pushes and pulls the argument, but when you look at the picture, ' No, that's abuse.'''
Trial to resume after break
Judge Hilary Manley Jurors and plaintiffs can return to court to continue the proceedings.
"He made me think it was his fault"
Mr. Doe now refers to his message in a marital text the next day. In the message, they discussed a mutual hangover, which he said was "good-natured" and "humorous" and seemed to contradict her claims of being violently assaulted. suggesting.
"There is nothing to suggest that he violently attacked you the night before," he says.
"No, because he made me think it was my fault," she replied.
“He made me feel that it was my fault. Because it was my fault."
The ordeal takes a break.
Greville got out of her bed as Giggs kicked her so hard. I say I fell.
Doe is currently investigating Greville's allegations that Giggs attacked her at the Stafford Hotel in London in December 2019. It was the first time her ex-boyfriend allegedly threw her naked down her hallway at a Dubai resort.
"'Giggs threw a bag containing a laptop at my head, causing my head to swell and bruise, kick me out of bed and kick me out of my hotel room. She was ''naked again,'' QC says, referring to her police statement.
He probes, looking for discrepancies.
She replied,
Mr. Daw continues. Did he kick you so hard that you fell out of bed, or was your interview trying to make everything as bad as possible.
"No, it was 100% what happened," she replies Ms. Greville.
Greville
acknowledged that Mr. Greville had "tuned" each other so that the couple expected an "immediate" response to messages, one Doubts arose on both sides when they were unable to respond “within seconds” to
"Ryan was so obsessed with his cell phone that it was unusual not to look at it for an hour," she says. .
Daw suggests that they are "as bad as each other" in this regard.
She replied, It was not a natural reaction for me to act like that.
Giggs made her feel "very uneasy," she added.
Greville says Giggs is "undermining, not supportive"
Giggs describes QC client Greville as follows:
She added that while he was not "totally unsupportive", there was another aspect that could be "unsupportive and undermining". rice field.
She continues.
