Ryan Giggs’s ex says he treated her like a ‘slave’ and denies seeking money

Ryan Giggs’s ex-girlfriend became ‘a slave to his every need and every demand’ during their controlling relationship, a court has heard. 

Kate Greville, 36, told jurors on Wednesday that when the former Manchester United footballer told her to do something, she would do it. 

During cross-examination by Giggs’s barrister Chris Daw QC, the PR executive said: ‘He made me feel like I had to do what he said otherwise there were consequences.’ 

Giggs, 48, denies using controlling and coercive behaviour against Ms Greville between August 2017 and November 2020, assaulting her, causing actual bodily harm and the common assault of her younger sister. 

The court heard that Ms Greville gave a statement the day before the start of the trial in which she said she had felt like ‘a slave’ to the defendant. 

She said: ‘That is what it felt like. When Ryan said do something, I would do it.’ 

The complainant agreed that she has made a number of witness statements to police following the alleged assault in November 2020, including two in the last week. 

Mr Daw asked: ‘In the course of those statements, did you tell the police the whole truth?’ 

She replied: ‘100%.’ 

Mr Daw followed, ‘Have you ever told any lies to the police about anything?’, to which Ms Greville answered: ‘No.’ 

He went on: ‘Have you ever told lies to anyone else – your family and friends – in relation to this case?’ 

She repeated: ‘No.’ 

The defence barrister said: ‘It’s your position, is it not, that in effect he almost manipulated you into entering a relationship in the first place – a degree of mind games?’ 

Ms Greville said: ‘I was in a vulnerable position, and he played on it.’ 

Mr Daw said: ‘This was not just two consenting adults, both equally married at the time, who embarked