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Stuart Hogg’s abuse got ‘worse’ when drinking and left wife terrified when he got angry
SINISTER Stuart Hogg’s wife became terrified of her husband during bouts of booze binges, a court heard today.
The disgraced rugby star, 32, also used an app to track his wife throughout five years of abuse.
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Hogg berated the mother of his four children Gillian for “not being fun” after going on booze binges with colleagues.
He had anger issues which left her scared and wishing “for it to be morning as soon as possible” when he would sober up.
And he bombarded her with more than 200 texts within a few hours despite being told to leave her alone, Selkirk Sheriff Court was told.
The former Scotland captain arrived for the hearing accompanied by his parents to admit domestic abuse between 2019 and 2024.
Stuart Hogg: Timeline
By Jennifer Jones
December 31 2011: A 19-year-old Hogg signs a four-year deal with Glasgow Warriors’
January 6 2012: Hogg is one of six uncapped players picked for Scotland’s Six Nations campaign.
February 13 2012: Stuart makes his Scotland debut after Max Evans hobbled off 15 minutes into a losing Cardiff clash with Wales.
February 23 2012:The teenage full-back made his first Scotland start at the 6 Nations clash against France at Murrayfield. He became the youngest try scorer in 79 years when he crashed over the line after just five minutes.
April 30 2013: Hogg tours as part of the Brit and Irish Lions squad including down under for three Tests against Australia.
July 3 2014: Rangers-daft Stuart is called up Scotland’s Commonwealth Games sevens squad and scores a try at Ibrox.
November 2014: Extends his contract with Warriors for two years, keeping him in the club until at least 2017.
March 2017: Wins the Six Nations Player of the Championship poll for a second straight year – despite Scotland finishing fourth.
June and July 2017: Hogg was named one of two Scots players selected for Lions’ tour of new Zealand – but crashed out with injuries before the tests due to an accidental collision with teammate Conor Murray’s elbow.
November 2018: Hogg announces he will leave Glasgow Warriors after nine years after the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
November 2019: Joins Exeter Chiefs.
Jan 2020: Hogg is named Scotland captain for the 2020 Six Nations before Covid-19 halted the contest.
November 2020: Hogg becomes a European and English premiership champion after winning against Racing 92 and Wasps during 2019/2020 finals.
Jan 2021: His form during the 2021 Six Nations saw Hogg tipped for a third tour with the British & Irish Lions to South Africa.
February 5 2022: Captains Scotland to their first back-to-back win against England in four decades
March 27 2023: Announces his shock retirement from professional rugby after the Rugby World Cup.
July 9 2023: He dramatically quits the sport two months before the tournament. He said he wanted to take up a new career path and that “his body was broken”.
November 16 2023: Hogg splits with his wife Gillian Hogg and boasts on social media enjoying a spa weekend with “world’s sexist jockey” Leonna Mayor. The post comes days after his ex gave birth to their fourth child.
November 28 2023: Hogg pulls out at the 11th hour hosting a dinner celebrating the 150th anniversary of his home-town club, Hawick RFC.
December 30 2023: He ends the year on a high being awarded an MBE by the King.
January 1 2024: Hogg is caught up in a New Year’s Day bust-up at his brother’s house.
March 1 2024: He is arrested at his estranged wife’s house for alleged threatening or abusive behaviour.
April 29 2024: Stuart Hogg revealed he has spent time in rehab and admitted making “mistakes” as he shares an update with his followers on Instagram.
May 2024: He makes multiple appearances at Jedburgh Sheriff Court, flanked by his parents, and smuggled out of the court via a side door to avoid the press and public.
June 6, 2024: Hogg, now 32, is lured back out of retirement by French side Montpellier.
September 24, 2024: TV presenter girlfriend Leonna Mayor, 33, shows off her baby bump after she announces she is pregnant to Hogg on social media.
November 4, 2024: Hogg is convicted of a five-year domestic abuse campaign against his estranged ex-wife including “using an app to track” her and bombarding Gillian Hogg, 36, with hundreds of text messages.
The single charge stated that he engaged “in behaviour which was abusive” to his ex, that he “did shout and swear in an aggressive manner, track her movements (and) send messages which were alarming and distressing”.
Prosecutor Drew Long told the court that paranoid Hogg used an app to keep tabs on Gillian, who finally left him last year.
He said: “When she was out with friends the accused often messaged her to find out her movements.
“In August 2023 Mrs Hogg was dropping kids off and received messages from Mr Hogg questioning her movements.
“It became clear to her that her husband was using an app to track her. The following month she was out with friends and he called her and was shouting and swearing. He also sent her unpleasant messages which resulted in Mrs Hogg suffering a panic attack.
“Following this Gillian contacted a lawyer who wrote to Hogg but this resulted in him turning up at her home and shouting and swearing.”
The court heard Hogg’s behaviour worsened when he was drunk.
Mr Long went on: “Gillian Hogg became scared when Mr Hogg got angry. He got worse when he was drinking and Gillian would wish it was morning so he had sobered up.”
Hogg initially faced further charges, including stalking, but his not guilty pleas were accepted.
Mr Long said: “Stuart and Gillian Hogg are in the process of a divorce. They lived in Hawick, Borders, Glasgow and Exeter, before moving back to the Borders.
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“They were living in Glasgow to further Hogg’s career. They would fall into dispute about where the family should live.”
Mr Long said Hogg’s “behaviour deteriorated” as he went out partying.
He got worse when drinking…Gillian would wish it was morning so he had sobered up.
Fiscal Drew Long
He told the court Hogg would “shout and swear and accuse Mrs Hogg of not being fun” for not joining in drinking, and that her family “noticed a change in her”.
In 2022, Gillian went on a night out and was bombarded with texts from her husband which “caught the attention of people she was with”.
The following year, the couple moved to Roxburghshire where Hogg used the tracker to snoop on her.
In 2023, the mother decided to leave the sportsman and sought advice from a domestic abuse service, the court heard.
In February this year, he entered the family home despite being told not to and became “belligerent”.
On February 21, police were called due to Hogg “shouting and swearing” and he was taken into custody.
He was bailed on the condition not to contact his estranged wife.
But in August, Hogg was on a video call to his children and requested that they pass the device to their mother.
Angela Gray KC, defending, said: “Mr Hogg accepts these incidents have fallen short of what is expected of a husband.”
Hogg will be sentenced next month. Sheriff Peter Paterson will consider a non-harassment order and an anti-domestic abuse programme.
Hogg, now with French club Montpellier, declined to comment as he left court.
How you can get help
Women’s Aid has this advice for victims and their families:
- Always keep your phone nearby.
- Get in touch with charities for help, including the Women’s Aid live chat helpline and services such as SupportLine.
- If you are in danger, call 999.
- Familiarise yourself with the Silent Solution, reporting abuse without speaking down the phone, instead dialing “55”.
- Always keep some money on you, including change for a pay phone or bus fare.
- If you suspect your partner is about to attack you, try to go to a lower-risk area of the house – for example, where there is a way out and access to a telephone.
- Avoid the kitchen and garage, where there are likely to be knives or other weapons. Avoid rooms where you might become trapped, such as the bathroom, or where you might be shut into a cupboard or other small space.
If you are a victim of domestic abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200.
The charity’s email support service is open weekdays and weekends during the crisis – messageinfo@supportline.org.uk.
Women’s Aid provides a live chat service – available weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.
You can also call the freephone 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
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Zinchenko reveals ‘s***’ Champions League final display left him in tears with Arsenal star not eating for two days
EVERY day at Arsenal training Oleksandr Zinchenko gets a reminder of the worst day of his career.
It is the painful moment he feels a Champions League trophy slipped out of his hands — and the Ukrainian still blames himself for it.
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His Manchester City side lost 1-0 to Chelsea in the Covid-hit 2021 final in Porto and Zinchenko said: “No two ways about it. I was s**t.”
The full-back claimed he was at fault for allowing “my man” Kai Havertz a critical run on goal as the forward scored the 42nd-minute winner at the Estadio do Dragao.
He describes it as “probably the worst day in my football life” and says it left an “emotional scar” that has yet to heal.
And his former City team-mate Fernandinho often joked he was denied the chance to get an arm tattoo of the big-eared pot because of Zinchenko.
The problem is, he cannot be allowed to move on and forget about it — because he and Havertz are now pals at the Gunners.
Zinchenko, 27, said: “If I tell you now what I’m saying to him every day, you would laugh!
“It’s better that I will be quiet. Because as soon as I see him . . . my scar. I feel him.
“Jokes aside, I mean definitely, one of the most painful moments in my career so far. My wife Vlada, she remembers that day.
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“The way that she is watching my games is something only the closest circle knows, how she is living these kinds of moments.
“That night, when we came back to the hotel, our families were already in our rooms.
“When I opened my door she was waiting for me, she hugged me, we were just crying for a while.
“For the next two days probably, I didn’t really eat. It was a super-tough moment.
“But thank God I had this experience which made me, for sure, much stronger.
“Also thank God that the week later we had training with the national team before the Euros. Football again saved my life. That is how it was.”
One way Zinchenko got over his ordeal was a heart-to-heart chat with Andriy Shevchenko, the Ukraine boss at the time.
He, of course, was part of AC Milan’s side that lost the 2005 Istanbul final to Liverpool on penalties despite being 3-0 up at half-time.
Pep Guardiola’s City went on to become European champions in 2023, beating Inter Milan — also in Turkey’s Ataturk Stadium — to seal an incredible Treble- winning campaign.
For the next two days probably, I didn’t really eat. It was a super-tough moment.
Oleksandr Zinchenko on Champions League final defeat
But Zinchenko, a four-time Premier League champion with City, had moved to North London at the start of that season for an initial transfer fee of £30million.
It was an attempt by boss Mikel Arteta to add experience and a winning mentality to his dressing room.
And one way for Zinchenko to erase his memory of missing out would be to win the tournament with Arsenal — who have won two of their opening three games this campaign.
Zinchenko, who hopes to play at Inter Milan in the Champions League tonight, reckons City’s dominance of English football must end soon.
He said: “It’s not just in football, you cannot carry on like this forever.
“For sure, there will be changes. Of course, the players will get old, the manager might look for another job. Something will happen.
“The dominance which they have had during the last years is incredible.
“The stats and also trophies talk for themselves. Being there, you straight away think of this winning mentality.”
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USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Nov. 5: Former champ Brandon Moreno on the rise again at flyweight
UFC Fight Night 246 took place last weekend in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and it produced a key update in the men’s flyweight rankings.
Former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno turned in a dominant performance against Amir Albazi in the main event. Moreno controlled the fight from beginning to end, only losing one round on one judge’s scorecard.
Entering the week at No. 5, Moreno replaces Albazi at No. 3, who falls down one spot in this week’s rankings update.
The co-main event featured a top 10 women’s flyweight bout between No. 4 Erin Blanchfield and No. 9 Rose Namajunas. Blanchfield had to dig deep to overcome the early advantage of the former strawweight champion, but she pulled out a big win to keep her name in title contention.
Check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings.
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Mikel Arteta gives update on Arsenal’s future plans after transfer chief Edu’s shock exit for Nottingham Forest group
MIKEL ARTETA insists Arsenal’s plans for the future “remain intact” – despite Edu’s shock departure.
The Gunners – including boss Arteta – were left stunned after the club’s Sporting Director announced his resignation on Monday.
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Brazilian Edu, 46, is expected to join up with Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakas as head of his expanding multi-club empire in a triple-your-money deal.
The switch has the potential to leave Arsenal vulnerable in their recruitment strategy after their recent meteoric rise under Edu and Arteta to become Prem title challengers.
But Arteta said: “The plan and the vision that starts with the ownership [Stan and Josh Kroenke] – that is very clear and very ambitious – is going to continue.
“We have a very strong leadership team with an unbelievable know-how, a real passion and great feelings for the football club. We’re not going to stop where we are at the moment.
“Then across the club, the excitement, the passion, the understanding of where we want to take this journey remains intact.”
Arteta hinted that the club are currently on the look-out for a replacement, admitting: “This means opportunities as well for somebody else to come and fulfil their role.”
Edu – an Invincibles hero who made 127 appearances from 2000 to 2005 – returned to the club in July 2019 as technical director before hiring Arteta five months later.
He was then appointed as Sporting Director in November 2022, and spoke of his long-term plans for the club just two months ago as Arteta signed a new three-year deal.
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Arteta added: “Everything happened very quickly. Obviously I loved working with him, I really enjoyed being alongside him in this incredible journey.
“From day one, we’ve been together. First of all, I’m very grateful personally for everything has done for me and for the amazing work that he’s done for the football club.
“I think we both had this special chemistry working together, we really both enjoyed our roles and working together.
“I’m very blessed that he’s been part of my life in such a beautiful place that I am right now, managing this incredible club and he’s been a massive part of that.
“He’s had an amazing opportunity now to do something else in a different role and he believes that it’s the right professional move for him.
“We have to respect that and from the bottom of my heart I think everybody really feels that we want the best for him and that’s it.
“We say thank you and we have to move on because that’s the reality of our industry.”
Winger Bukayo Saka said: “We all know what Edu’s done for the club and he’s a top, top person. So first of all, we just want to wish him all the best.
“We all know what he’s done for the football club. He’s been involved in the transformation and getting us back to performing at the highest stage.
“So, we’re all grateful for him and we’re just wishing him all the best.”
Skipper Martin Odegaard is in the squad that has travelled to Milan to face Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday night and is in contention to feature.
It would be a first Arsenal appearance since August 31 after suffering an ankle injury on international duty with Norway on September 9.
Midfielder Declan Rice has not travelled due to a foot injury, one that Arteta admits has left the Englishman unable to put his boot on.
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