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Superinjunction over John Terry affair with Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend is scrapped
John Terry, the England captain, is braced for damaging allegations about his private life after a High Court judge overturned a controversial superinjunction sought by the footballer.

Lawyers for Terry had successfully applied for a High Court injunction last Friday having learnt that a Sunday newspaper planned to write about an alleged relationship the Chelsea captain had been in with a former girlfriend of his ex-teammate Wayne Bridge.

The so-called superinjunction, which prevents even the existence of a court order from being known, has previously been used by the oil trading company Trafigura to stop newspapers reporting a parliamentary question about its involvement in the dumping of toxic materials in the Ivory Coast.

At the High Court today Mr Justice Tugendhat ruled that the injunction was not proportionate to the damage that would be caused to the private lives of the footballer and other parties if the revelations were published.

He said that the allegation had been widely circulated in the sporting world adding that he thought the “real concern” of the applicant was the effect publication would have on his sponsorship deals.

The judge added that the media had the freedom to criticise, within the law, the conduct of other members of society.

Mr Justice Tugendhat added that the other person in the alleged relationship was also a “famous person” but not in the world of sport.

The allegations are set to raise fresh questions about Terry’s suitability to captain England at the forthcoming World Cup finals.

The defender has appeared alongside Bridge, who joined Manchester City last year, in recent England squads and both were likely to go to the tournament in South Africa.

Last month Terry was given a reminder of his responsibilities as captain from a senior member of England’s coaching team. It followed allegations, denied by the player, that he was paid £10,000 for offering a secret tour of Chelsea’s training ground.

In recent months he has endured a spate of humiliating headlines about his family members. His father Ted was filmed allegedly arranging to pass a Class A drug to an undercover reporter, while his mother, Sue, and Sue Poole, his mother-in-law, were cautioned for shoplifting after being caught with £800 worth of clothes and groceries from Tesco and Marks & Spencer.

The use of the superinjunction by the player’s legal firm Schillings will also reignite the debate about the extents of media freedom and organisation’s abilities to report on the private lives of public figures.

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JT is scum. Shagged a 16 yr old girl while his missus was in hospital having his child, shagged his team mates GF here ^, every one forgets that he headbutted and punched hell out of that guy outside a fulham nightclub and somehow avoided jail. He is rooneyesque scum. *spits*

Imagine if we signed him- team morale would be shit. With Bridge also at the team.

Great defender though. Exactly what we're lacking.

Originally Posted by Shimmer
hi burnage,

i hope you are keeping well and ok. forgive my curiousity but have you come here to say poo? i'll be waiting for your response

cheers,

shim

Great defender though. Exactly what we're lacking.

nup, dont really agree. His game is to be first to the ball, if he misses that he has nothing...for arguments sake Dunne was the opposite, he had a good reactive/recovery game, if he missed a first ball he'd put in a last minute tackle and he'd look like a superstar defender as he did for 6 years at City.

We need a hybrid of the two. Neither are the best defenders going.

Imagine if we signed him- team morale would be shit. With Bridge also at the team.

JT is scum. Shagged a 16 yr old girl while his missus was in hospital having his child, shagged his team mates GF here ^, every one forgets that he headbutted and punched hell out of that guy outside a fulham nightclub and somehow avoided jail. He is rooneyesque scum. *spits*

If we signed him we could fuck Bridge off, get a decent left back and we'd be fucking solid at the back. We're desperate for a Terry-esque leader. All our defenders are gay in that respect.

What's Bridge's excuse now then

If we signed him we could fuck Bridge off, get a decent left back and we'd be fucking solid at the back. We're desperate for a Terry-esque leader. All our defenders are gay in that respect.

Whether he joins or not, we'll be fine this season, and then in the Summer we will build a stunning team, the perfect blend of our youth players, stars and solid signings.

The world is a beautiful place. You must go into it and love everyone. Try to make everyone happy, and bring peace and contentment everywhere you go. And so I became a waiter ... Well, it's not much of a philosophy I know ... but well ... fuck you! I can live my own life in my own way if I want to! Fuck off!

Sod ever signing John Terry. Regardless of his footballing ability, what do these allegations say about the character of the man? It's bad enough that he is alleged to have been playing around with one of his supposed best mates girlfriends (let's just hope Bridge's kid wasn't around whilst this was happening). But add to that the other allegations over the training ground tour sales, his dads drug dealing etc and he sounds quite an unsavoury bloke to me.

Admittedly these are only allegations and may turn out to be bull, but as it would only add fuel to the fire, why take out a gagging order to prevent untrue allegations from becoming public knowledge? Only time will tell but how many pro's would trust him with their wives as a result of these allegations?

Tbf with the training ground sales things, thought it was a strange one, wasn't he giving every penny to charity? At £5,000 a go that's pretty cool.

I'm not too sure it was a while ago I read the article, if it was a charity thing then I'd retract that aspect of my post. Still a bastard for shagging Bridges Mrs whilst he was away from home though. (Allegedly)