Manchester United star Ryan Giggs has had an impeccable two-decade career with the club and is known throughout the football world as a consummate, class professional. So the revelation that he was the athlete behind an anonymous gag order on the British press to block news of an alleged affair with former Miss Wales pin-up girl Imogen Thomas rocked the soccer world — and triggered a nationwide debate on Britain’s harsh, repressive media laws. Though denied by Giggs, tabloids dug deeper, alleging he had been a philanderer for at least eight years, including liaisons with his sister-in-law. He remains married to his wife Stacey.
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