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to hope Imogen sues?

218 replies

fastedwina · 23/05/2011 14:15

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1389599/Imogen-Thomas-threatens-sue-footballer-blackmail-claims.html

No time for her or him other than the entertainment it has provided. But, I'd like to see her turn the tables on him and sue his pants off - AIBU?

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Butterbur · 23/05/2011 15:33

I look forward to his wife starting divorce proceedings, and publicising it.

Will the judge haul her arse into court for contempt? I think it would be a very unpopular move if he did.

knittynoodle · 23/05/2011 15:33

If shes a blackmailer, why didnt he just have her actually done for blackmail. Instead of gagging her?

bupcakesandcunting · 23/05/2011 15:36

His wofe won't divorce him. She's already been photographed on the circuit, red lipstick and grinning like a dreanged cheshire cat. That is the standard response for wives of loverat footballers.

Amateurish · 23/05/2011 15:38

It amazes me the level of vitriol on this thread towards the footballer for having an affair when surely the allegations of blackmail against the woman are many many times more serious. Everything at this point is unproven but only one allegation so far is of a criminal act.

luckylavender · 23/05/2011 15:38

I'm confused by it all to be honest. There are no winners in a situation like this and footballers are a law unto themselves as they seem to feel it is their right to do as they please. However, I would not have had the alleged person down as such a prick (I don't mean the sex), I mean the way it has been handled. I fell there is more to it. And the alleged footballer's wife has been seen quite a lot in public in the last two weeks, which is unusual, so I am confused and intrigued.

Amateurish · 23/05/2011 15:40

kittynoodle blackmail is a criminal charge so he can't do her for it. That's up to the police and CPS. The gagging order was made against The Sun, not her specifically.

bupcakesandcunting · 23/05/2011 15:40

Well, it would surprise you Amateurish. You're of this strange group of people who view footballers as demigods who can go around sticking it into whomever they wish and to hell with the consequences.

If you really want to nitpick, adultery IS a criminal act.

knittynoodle · 23/05/2011 15:41

The affair is proven, Amateurish. The blackmail is not. Shes not been tried.

Amateurish · 23/05/2011 15:44

Adultery may be a criminal act in Saudi Arabia, but it certainly isn't in this country. You may think of it as nitpicking but I am sure that the millions of people who have had affairs would not agree with you.

The affair is not proven. Everything is disputed as this point.

DharmaLovesGreg · 23/05/2011 15:46

is it Bupcakes? I never knew that

Also I have agreed with every point you have made, can't believe people are defending the lying cheating scumbag.

worldgonecrazy · 23/05/2011 15:48

Adultery is a criminal act? That would make a large sector of the population criminals then.

Amateurish · 23/05/2011 15:48

kittynoodle my mistake, affair is indeed admitted.

bupcakesandcunting · 23/05/2011 15:51

I said if you're being nitpicking. Technically, you're breaking vows that are legally binding.

Anyway. Some people might say he's getting his just desserts. I don't think there will be many who will feel much sympathy for him, apart from Shrek Rooney and John Terry.

worldgonecrazy · 23/05/2011 15:53

Actually if it is a civil wedding there is no vow or oath of fidelity, so no oathbreaking.

Insomnia11 · 23/05/2011 15:53

I don't know if she is guilty of blackmail, but according to a R4 discussion the other day, apparently why celebs go down the superinjunction route when being blackmailed is because if they go to the police the cops can't keep their traps shut and it will be on page 1 of The Sun the next day. Hmm

I think he's either being poorly advised or going against the advice of his lawyers though when he talks about suing Twitter or individual tweeps. Doesn't he realise what a massive chump this makes him look, more than for having an affair then trying to keep it secret, in my eyes. Plus the obvious question of on what basis he can sue them as they were just repeating stuff that was in the public domain anyway, and the wisdom of a fabuluously rich footballer suiing a member of the public...what's he going to do, take their house off them? Oh well done there. Also FYI I read about the affair on Mumsnet BEFORE someone set up the superinjunction account on Twitter...

Coming back to the thread title I don't see that Imogen Thomas has any cause of action against he-who-must-not-be-named though.

bupcakesandcunting · 23/05/2011 15:55

She has a very good case IF she has been smeared by his "people" (bleugh) as a blackmail. That is an awful thing to be accused of.

Insomnia11 · 23/05/2011 15:56

Adultery is NOT a criminal offence in the UK, FFS. It can be grounds for divorce which is a CIVIL matter.

bupcakesandcunting · 23/05/2011 15:57

Alright wind your fucking neck in.

TheSecondComing · 23/05/2011 15:59

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Insomnia11 · 23/05/2011 15:59

That would be the only cause of action then if people were accusing her of blackmail, but generally she would have to sue the person/publication making the accusation, not the footballer himself unless he did so directly of course.

She wouldn't be able to successfully sue for libel about the affair if it's true, or indeed if the blackmail is true.

Insomnia11 · 23/05/2011 16:01

I'm not defending him by the way, just correcting misinformation.

wornoutbutstillwonderful · 23/05/2011 16:03

I've lost any respect I had for said footballer (and I was a fan), but I don't believe for one minute that Imogen Thomas is as niave as she is trying to portray, she has been out with footballers before it is the circle that she mixes in.

landrover · 23/05/2011 16:05

I really wish that imogen had taken the gagging order out on him!! Then he would have been named and she would have been kept out of it (him being the more guilty party as he is married with kids!).
That would have been an interesting development, (maybe an idea for anyone else shagging a millionaire married footballer, im sure there are a few!!!!!)

bupcakesandcunting · 23/05/2011 16:08

There's the small matter of Imogen not having the requisite 50K to gag him, landrover. Another reason why this whole thing stinks.

Amateurish · 23/05/2011 16:09

Why would she want to gag him when she's selling the story?