MP John Hemming has openly named Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs as the Premier League footballer who took out a super injunction in order to prevent himself being named in the Imogen Thomas affair scandal.
Giggs’ name had been openly revealed on Twitter and publications abroad, including the Sunday Herald published across the border in Scotland, but the injunction prevented British papers ( the Sun in particular) from revealing his name until Lib Dem MP Hemming made it public in the House of Commons. Hemming used parliamentary privilege to name Giggs as the footballer having an extra marital affair with Big Brother Contestant Imogen Thomas. Under British law, MP’s cannot be prosecuted for the statements made in the House of Commons or the House of Lords.