In another sex scandal involving a top English Premier League footballer, Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand has been reportedly involved in a row that is likely to give him sleepless nights. According to newspaper reports around the country, Ferdinand is said to have been involved sexually with at least ten different women while he was still seeing his girl-friend and now-wife, Rebecca Ellison.
The ten have been named as follows: Pop Idol contestant Sarah Whatmore, Brazilian model Tatiane Rosalino, Virgin Air Hostess Lauren Alcorn, Israeli models Lilach Yafe and Tslil Sela, topless model Holly McGuire, stripper Coralie Robinson, Catrine Shepherd, Savannah Benson and interior designer Carly Storey.
Of them, it has also been reported that Lauren was impregnated and was paid off £7,500 to undergo an abortion. Lauren has said that the two were in a relationship since 2003. Earlier, the row began when Ferdinand decided to drag a newspaper to court over his alleged affair with Storey but was stunned by the revelations made by the lawyers of ten other girls who had said to be slept with him.
Before Ferdinand, the other England stars who have reportedly been involved in affairs were John Terry, Ryan Giggs, Ashley Cole, Peter Crouch and Wayne Rooney. Terry, who was once named the Dad of the Year, had allegations of having an affair with Vanessa Perroncel, the former girlfriend of Wayne Bridge, his Chelsea teammate. Giggs was said to be involved with Imogen Thomas and Cole was divorced by his wife Cheryl after a total of seven affairs surfaced.