Giggs drops injunction, seeks damages from The Sun
Ryan Giggs has been named in court for the first time as the footballer behind a high-profile injunction against The Sun.
The scandalous Manchester United player sought protection against claims of an alleged extra-marital affair with Welsh model Imogen Thomas.
At a hearing at the high court in London, Giggs consented to the lifting of the anonymity injunction.
The father-of-two was widely revealed on social network websites, while Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming used parliamentary privilege to name him.
His lawyer Hugh Tomlinson QC said that Giggs, 38, is seeking damages for the re-publication of The Sun's original information, which he claimed had "generated a large media storm".
"The claimant's name is in the public domain contrary to court orders," Tomlinson told the court. "The claimant has consented to the removal of the anonymity order completely.
"He has suffered damage and distress by the chain of events that has been set off by the publication of the article in The Sun. We say the printing of information on the front page of a national newspaper can give rise to an action for misuse of private information."
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Published Feb 22 2012
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