Rooney stunner for England: Mystery of striker's dismal World Cup resolved as call girl tells of £1,200-a-night hotel trysts
Wayne Rooney's marriage was under intense pressure last night after it was revealed that he had a series of encounters with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant.
The Manchester United and England star, widely criticised during the World Cup for a series of lacklustre performances, broke the news to a 'devastated' Coleen yesterday afternoon.
They married two years ago, after six years of dating, becoming one of football's highest-profile couples. But last night there were fears that their union is unlikely to survive the new revelations.
Rooney, 24, reportedly slept with 21-year-old Jennifer Thompson, who charges £1,200 a night, seven times in four months. They had sex in one of Manchester's most exclusive hotels, and visited nightclubs and casinos together.
It is understood his lawyers tried to fight the allegations when they first surfaced three weeks ago, but ultimately decided they were indefensible because of previous revelations about the star and prostitutes.
In 2004 it was reported that he had visited brothels in Liverpool as a 16-year-old and admitted to paying for sex with a 48-year-old grandmother. Writing of this period in her autobiography, Coleen said: 'I was so upset, my head was all over the place. The truth is, and I've never said this before, at that time in our relationship I'd never even slept with Wayne.'
The latest disclosures will prompt speculation that the striker's chaotic private life affected his form at this summer's World Cup in South Africa. Until late last month, he had not scored a goal for club or country since March.
Last night, Miss Thompson, from Bolton, was reported as saying: 'Wayne chased me with sex texts and paid in wads of cash. He didn't seem to care he was betraying Coleen.
'Wayne certainly enjoyed all our meetings and didn't seem to care what he was doing to his wife. I think he believes he is invincible and untouchable. As a woman, I wouldn't want that done to me – especially if I was pregnant.'
She first met Rooney in June last year at the Manchester 235 Casino, five months before Coleen gave birth to the footballer's son Kai. Rooney was there drinking with relatives and United teammate Rio Ferdinand.
He called her over to the VIP area and, she says, they ended up kissing in a corner.
Later, at 3am, he texted her to ask if they could meet up. She told him he would have to pay. He responded: 'That's not a problem.'
He then invited her friend, who he had also met in the club, to join them, it is alleged. They met a week later at the five-star Lowry hotel in Salford, Greater Manchester. She said: 'Wayne told us he'd never had a threesome before. He was shy and awkward.
'I asked Wayne if he'd ever been with vice girls before. Then I remembered he had. I told him I remembered reading about him and the granny, but he just laughed it off.'
She says they met many times, although from then on it was only the two of them. At each meeting he would pull out a 'wad of notes' from his pocket and hand her £1,200 in twenties and fifties. Miss Thompson said: 'Wayne had a few different mobile phones to contact me, all pay-as-you-go throwaways.'
On another occasion, she ran into him at a party at Rio Ferdinand's Rosso Italian restaurant.
'I went with a few girls and the whole team was there. They were all very drunk,' she said. 'We hadn't arranged to meet but Wayne spotted me in the crowd. About half an hour later he held my hand in front of everyone and led me away down these stairs.
'Michael Owen was looking at him in disgust. Wayne made no effort to be discreet and I was embarrassed. He took me downstairs into the cooking area and into an office.'
Miss Thompson posted provocative pictures of herself in a bikini on the internet and wrote about how she was desperate to become a glamour model. In the profiles, 'Juicy Jeni' described herself as a party girl who often frequents hip bars in Leeds and Manchester popular with footballers. Alongside such information as that she 'always drinks in style on a Saturday night,' she lists her religion as Catholic.
She added: 'You can either love me or hate me! Don't really care what people think. I'm young free and single and loving life.
'I am very much a family person. Nothing makes me happier than to wake up in the morning knowing I have the best family in the world and the best friends I could think of.'
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