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My dossier of evidence shows Kyle Walker will NEVER escape desperate Lauryn Goodman – her restaurant ambush proves it
IT IS a question most, if not all, who have followed this unsavoury saga have repeatedly asked (whilst scrolling through the latest plot twist): When will this end?
For over a year now, football‘s love cheat extraordinaire Kyle Walker has been unable to escape a scandal of his own making – and God knows he’s tried.
A BBC podcast and a football academy for under-privileged kids in his home city followed in a bid to soften his much-maligned public image, but to no avail.
He even moved to Italy to join AC Milan on loan until the end of the season in the hope of fleeing the feeding frenzy.
But if he thought he could start afresh abroad, his ex-mistress Lauryn Goodman, who he secretly fathered two children with, has news for him.
Last week, in a set of carefully choreographed pictures she beamed in front of a removal van and revealed she too was moving to Italy in order to be closer to him.
Ironic then, that the first person to pose the question ‘when will this end?’, was Lauryn herself.
And yet, if you dig deep enough, you’ll find a paper trail of evidence that suggests she is deliberately willing the saga to carry on.
Countless newspaper interviews followed the bombshell news in 2020 that she was expecting a “miracle” baby with Kyle, 34.
Even more followed after she detonated his marriage to wife Annie Kilner in December 2023 by revealing he had secretly fathered a second child with her.
For the record, Annie has done none (offers have been made, but each one turned down).
And Kyle has only ever done one sit-down: a full mea-culpa with me when the scandal erupted in January last year.
In her latest interview, published this month, Lauryn invited OK! Magazine into the lavish £2.4million four-bedroom home Kyle bought for her and the kids in East Sussex.
Glossy pictures across multiple pages accompanied an interview in which she revealed her plans to move.
She teased: “For the last year I wished to have the option to move abroad because, with all of the drama, I’d like a life reset – but I’m not sure how that looks for us at the minute or what that entails.”
She had previously contemplated a move to Dubai amid fevered speculation that Kyle was sizing up a move to the Saudi pro league.
But she was adamant – remember, this was only days ago – when she insisted: “It makes no difference to me where Kyle is, he could be on Mars right now for all I care.”
And yet, here she is packing up and preparing to move to Italy to be on his very doorstep.
There was no furniture on the lorry, no plants, kids toys – just boxes. And in a complete departure from anyone who has ever moved house, Lauryn was positively beaming from ear to ear.
Surely, this wasn’t a stunt to obtain media coverage, a constructed plot twist to secure column inches?
This, the same woman who insisted in yet another interview in February last year: “I need this to end.”
One has to wonder why on earth she would subject herself – and their children – to the ongoing agony and heartache she has long since documented in the column inches of this and other newspapers.
In her OK! interview Lauryn, 34, says: “I’ve been through hell and back fighting for my children and then absolutely being crucified for it in the process.
“There were days where I would just cry my eyes out. I’d think, can I continue with this?
“I have to, for my children, because I’m the only one that they can depend on. But how strong does one person have to be?”
Her big move to Italy is supposedly scheduled to take place this week – as Kyle settles in with his new teammates in the iconic San Siro stadium.
But this is not the first time she has prepared to follow the England full-back.
In May 2021, she wanted to move 245 miles from her home in Brighton to the upmarket Cheshire village – and footballers enclave – of Alderley Edge.
EXPLOSIVE MOVE
She viewed an £895,000 five bedroom property on a plush new development – just five miles from Kyle and Annie’s home.
At the time, a source said: “As if things weren’t difficult already, this is going to take it to another level completely.”
The explosive move never materialised after Kyle increased her housing budget from £1.85million to £2.4million in a bid to placate her to maintain her distance.
There were repeated hints on social media too of the paternity of her second child to Kyle, a baby girl born in the Summer of 2023.
It fed feverish speculation online and drove the number of followers to her Instagram account.
In response to claims she had given birth to a baby with “another footballer” she replied: “Just to clarify I have not had a baby with ‘another footballer’ as per news articles.
“I know there is speculation around little ones father and like I’ve stated publicly when the time is right.”
Followers were quick to question if she had stressed it wasn’t ‘another’ footballer because Kyle was, in fact, the father of both children.
And on her Instagram bio she wrote: “Mummy to @kairowalker & KW”. Posts with a “countdown” to a new post followed.
In his withering judgement – published last July – Judge Edward Hess was scathing of her behaviour.
She laid a trail of breadcrumbs and had “not just cooperated with, but actively instigated” the feeding frenzy, he concluded.
He added: “Throughout 2023, he (Kyle) sought to keep secret the fact that he was Kinara’s father.
“It is clear from the evidence that he was understandably embarrassed about this fact and anxious about how his wife would react when she found out.
“In his attempts to persuade the mother to go along with the retention of secrecy, the father gave way to many of the financial demands of the mother which he might otherwise have resisted.
Timeline of Kyle Walker & Annie Kilner's relationship
- Early years – Kyle and Annie first meet in Sheffield when she was 15 and he was 17
- Euro 2016 – Walker caught messaging Playboy model Carla Howe
- April 2019 – Annie dumps Kyle after his alleged romps with reality TV star Laura Brown
- April 2020 – Kyle allegedly hosts sex party with two escorts during covid-19 lockdown
- February 2020 – Lauryn Goodman gives birth to Kairo, her son with Walker
- November 2021 – Walker and Kilner marry in secret
- March 2023 – Lauryn announces her second pregnancy
- Spring 2023 – Kyle allegedly flashes and kisses another woman in a Vodka Revolution bar in Cheshire
- August 2023 – Lauryn gives birth to a daughter
- January 2024 – Annie announces split from Kyle after two years of marriage. It emerges Kyle is the dad of Lauryn’s second child. Kyle begs for forgiveness in exclusive Sun interview. Lauryn brands him a ‘pathological narcissist’
- October 2024 – Annie files for divorce
- January 2025 – Kyle moves to Italy alone, with Annie refusing to join him.
“The evidence before me has amply demonstrated that the mother was able to leverage these substantial increases by hinting that she would go public on the paternity issue.
“She also threatened that if she did not get what she wanted she would select a home a stone’s throw away from his in Cheshire…an idea which she knew horrified the father.
“If the father thought that these rather generous house budget increases would keep his paternity a secret, he was to be disappointed.
“The mother plainly had no intention of keeping the matter secret.”
I won’t be scapegoated or bullied and made to feel like a villain.
Lauryn Goodman
But there was more.
In the Summer last year, as Kyle and his England teammates plotted a course to the final of the Euros, Lauryn travelled to Germany with son Kairo to watch him “in real life“.
But she didn’t go to Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank stadium alone – she was naturally accompanied by a journalist and photographer.
In an exclusive interview, featuring a blow-by-blow account of their trip, Lauryn said: “We are not here to please other people. It’s about Kairo and what is best for him and what is going to make him happy.
“I won’t be scapegoated or bullied and made to feel like a villain. My children are my number one priority and they always will be.
“Luckily I’m a strong woman and mother for them.”
Lauryn even befriended Kyle’s neighbour in Cheshire – urging her to spy on him over the garden fence.
Jasmine David, 51, found herself caught in the middle of their bitter feud after befriending the Instagram influencer online.
She was already at loggerheads with the England and Manchester City ace, 34, over a boundary dispute and took pity on Lauryn.
In one text message Lauryn suggested Jasmine spy on Kyle and Annie – writing: “Needed to record that she was done. FML. Need all that on record. So BADLY.”
Jasmine replied: “You can’t record somebody without their permission is (sic) illegal xx.”
Lauryn wrote back: “Not to sell that you donut. You can have your phone recording in your garden.”
Lauryn was madly in love with Kyle – that much was abundantly clear. I suspect he told her things she wanted to hear.
In another message she speculates over the birthday plans for Kyle’s wife, model Annie Kilner.
She refers to Instagram posts from Annie’s sister, Sian, who was booked in for a spray tan in Sheffield ahead of the celebrations.
Lauryn texts: “Soooo I think they’re going out at the weekend. But probably not in Cheshire and I reckon he’ll join her, don’t you?”
SPY CLAIMS
In fact, Annie partied at an Italian restaurant in Alderley Edge to celebrate her 30th.
She posted pictures of her and Kyle – alongside the caption: “Wasn’t so bad turning 30 after all.”
A day later, Lauryn posted a photograph of her in the same restaurant.
Jasmine recalls growing increasingly uneasy as Lauryn obsessed over the Three Lions defender.
She likened it to the 1987 thriller “Fatal Attraction”, starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close.
She said: “Lauryn was madly in love with Kyle – that much was abundantly clear. I suspect he told her things she wanted to hear.
“And she naturally wanted the relationship to develop further and wouldn’t let go when he chose Annie.
“It spiralled into an unhealthy obsession.
“I was Kyle’s neighbour and have been for years, but the truth is she knew more about what he was up to than I did.
“I urged her to move on and live a happy life and to focus on her two beautiful children.
“But she got caught up in it all and it got wildly out of hand.”
Despite her many interviews, Lauryn had uncharacteristically appealed through her lawyers for Judge Hess to keep his financial remedies judgement private.
It was perhaps understandable, given the likely contents.
And so, in his final few paragraphs, Judge Hess lifted the car bonnet to reveal the inner workings of this particular scandal.
He wrote: “It would be a nonsense, opening the court to ridicule, to try to redact or anonymise this judgment to prevent identification of the parties.
“A perusal of the many hundreds of newspaper articles published about these matters clearly illustrates that the mother has not just cooperated with, but actively instigated, press coverage.
“It sits ill for a person to come to court arguing for privacy for her children when, just a very short while earlier, she took a payment from the press to visit the European football championship with her son dressed in an England football shirt with the name ‘Daddy’ on the back.
“If the children suffer any harm from the publicity of these matters, it has already happened, and it will largely be the result of the mother’s own decisions and actions.”
And so, as Lauryn embarks on yet another chapter in this oh-so-long saga, the question still remains: When will this end?
Newcastle reject measly late transfer offer for Kieran Trippier with Galatasaray willing to offer lucrative contract
GALATASARAY had a late bid rejected by Newcastle for Kieran Trippier hours before the Turkish transfer window shut on Tuesday.
The veteran full-back, 34, has been linked with an exit from St James’ for months and has endured a difficult campaign both on and off the pitch.
A year ago it was Bayern Munich who wanted the star before several Saudi Arabian clubs wanted him.
However, Galatasaray were the latest to try and test the waters but they could only conjure up a measly offer of £2.5m for the ex-England ace.
Having sold Miguel Almiron and Lloyd Kelly to Atlanta United and Juventus respectively last month, Toon chiefs know they will not face any PSR sanction come June.
Despite the chance to make some extra cash to bolster the summer transfer kitty, boss Eddie Howe was determined to hang on to Trippier.
Sun Sport understands that the Turkish giants were willing to offer the player a lucrative three-year package to move abroad.
However, Howe got his wish and the Magpies knocked back the late bid.
Trippier has played second fiddle to Tino Livarmento for much of the season but he shone when brought back into the side for last week’s win over Arsenal.
And that led to Howe declaring afterwards that he was determined to keep hold of the experienced ex-Tottenham and Atletico Madrid man.
He said: “Yeah, no part of us wanted to lose Kieran. He’s had a difficult season and not so much on the pitch.
“He’s had a couple of fitness issues that just halted his progress.
“He then came back into the team and had a really good couple of performances around Christmas time and showed his qualities again having not played a lot of football.”
Trippier, who is believed to be out of contract this summer, will now be looking to play a key role in helping Newcastle secure Champions League as well as end their 70-year wait for major silverware when they face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup Final next month.
Nepo baby with Hollywood star parents walks the red carpet after landing role in White Lotus – do you know who he is?
NEPO baby Sam Nivola walked The White Lotus red carpet yesterday after landing a role in the U.S. smash hit – but do you know who he is?
Sam, 21, is the latest rising star to join HBO’s comedy-drama as the hit series heads to Thailand for its highly anticipated third season.
But while his name might not yet be widely known, his Hollywood lineage certainly is.
Sam looked suave in an ovesized brown suit with a flared trouser while posing outside the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles.
Born in Britain but raised in the U.S., Sam spent his early years in Notting Hill, London, before moving to Brooklyn, New York.
There, he attended the prestigious Saint Ann’s School, where fees range from $48,000 to $52,000 per year, before securing a place at Columbia University.
Sam got his first taste of acting in 2013 on HBO’s Doll & Em, playing the role of Ariel.
But his big break wasn’t exactly a coincidence – his mother Emily Mortimer co-wrote the series.
His father Alessandro Nivola has starred in The Brutalist, American Hustle and Disobedience.
But despite his Hollywood connections, he insists his parents “aren’t, like, total celebrities”, insisting: “They don’t get recognised in the street.”
Emily and Alessandro have been together for over 24 years, tying the knot in 2003 after meeting on the set of Love’s Labour’s Lost.
Their children have followed in their footsteps – Sam’s younger sister, May, 14, is also an actress, starring alongside him in White Noise, which opened the Venice Film Festival.
Director Noah Baumbach previously praised the siblings, saying: “We were looking for kids and went through audition after audition, and these two Nivola kids kept on coming up to the surface. They were just so wonderful.”
Sam also starred in The Pursuit of Love, which was directed by his mother, and has worked with A-listers like Bradley Cooper in Maestro and Nicole Kidman in Netflix’s The Perfect Couple.
Away from the screen, Sam has been dating fellow nepo baby Iris Apatow, daughter of actress Leslie Mann and director Judd Apatow, for the past two years.
She even joined him at the screening, placing a loving around around her beau while donning a white striped minidress.
Joking about his circle of celebrity offspring, Sam told Vogue: “Some secret cabal of nepo kids who hang out in black robes.”
Despite his connections, Sam admitted he never thought he’d land his role in The White Lotus, saying: “I’ve never felt more certain that I wasn’t gonna get a part.”
But now, with his biggest role yet in the award-winning HBO hit, Sam Nivola is set to step out of his parents’ shadow and make a name for himself.
I’m considered a criminal because I took my kids away to Thailand for a week during term time – the £320 fine is a joke
A MOTHER has revealed that she is now being considered a criminal because she took her kids on holiday during term time.
Tash, a mother from the UK, explained that she and her husband went with their children to Thailand for two weeks in October – one of which was during the half term and another which was not during the school holidays.
But after their amazing, once in a lifetime trip, Tash was met with a whopping £320 fine, leaving her fuming.
Raging at the ‘joke’ fine, which sees each parent charged £80 per child for time off outside of term time, Tash took to social media to share her frustration at the letter she received from the council after she took her children out of school for seven days.
Clearly not impressed, Tash said: “£80 per parent, per child, so apparently me and my husband are criminals now because we wanted to give our children a once in a lifetime experience.”
Tash claimed that the fine was for seven days of school absence, but one of her children, Lucy, in fact only missed six days.
Following this, the content creator questioned: “And what did they miss? A few spelling tests, some work sheets about rocks – brilliant.
“Meanwhile, in Thailand, my kids were learning about an entirely different culture – they saw temples, met people from halfway across the world, tried new foods, swam with tropical fish, learned about the Asian elephants and their history, even fed them, they even learned some Thai phrases, but no, according to the system that’s not valuable education.”
Tash stressed that her kids learnt more in Thailand than what they would have whilst in school, as she praised their trip for teaching her youngsters life skills, as well as more about history, geography and empathy, which she claimed “you can’t teach in a classroom”.
Tash acknowledged that she will pay the fine because the system says she has to, but admitted she “absolutely” does not regret it.
Tash then questioned why there isn’t any flexibility with this ‘joke’ of a rule.
The Department for Education (DfE) revealed statistics that showed 443,322 fines were issued for unauthorised school time holidays in 2023/24 – a sharp increase from the 356,181 the previous year.
The DfE website reads: “Every moment in school counts and days missed add up quickly.
“Evidence shows that pupils who have good attendance enjoy better wellbeing and school performance than those who don’t.
Apparently me and my husband are criminals now because we wanted to give our children a once in a lifetime experience
Tash
“In the majority of cases, schools and local authorities will try and provide support to help you improve your child’s attendance first, but if this isn’t effective or the absence is for unauthorised term time holiday, parents may face paying a fine.”
Tash also stressed that she isn’t saying education isn’t important and explained that she is the first one to help her kids with their homework and make sure that they are doing well.
But despite this, she argued: “Surely there’s some room for some common sense here? A parent/teacher agreement, because at the moment, I feel like we’re being punished for trying to give our children a richer life.”
She went on and asked her TikTok followers: “Has anyone else been fined for taking their kids on holiday? I’d love to know, because I bet I’m not the only one that thinks this whole system is ridiculous.”
What school fines can parents receive?
THE main issue that can lead to parents receiving a fine is missing school.
Currently, it’s the decision of the local council whether or not to issue a parent a fine for their child missing school.
However, from August this year, the fine for absences will up to the school to consider – when a child has missed 10 or more sessions for unauthorised reasons.
And the fine will be £80 if paid within 21 days, or £160 if paid within 28 days – this is issued to EACH parent.
It’s the first time the fine has been increased since 2012, and is in line with inflation.
If a parent receives a second fine for the same child within three years, this will automatically be charged at the higher rate of £160.
Fines will be capped at two fines within a three-year period.
After this limit has been reached, prosecution or a parenting order may be considered.
According to the official government website, there are only five reasons your child should be absent from school if the school is open.
These are as follows:
- Your child is too ill to attend that day
- You have asked in advance and been given permission by the school for your child to be absent on that day due to exceptional circumstances
- Your child cannot attend school on that day because it is a day you are taking part in religious observance
- Your local authority is responsible for arranging your child’s transport to school and it is not available on that day or has not been provided yet
- You are a gypsy/traveller family with no fixed abode, and you are required to travel for work that day meaning your child cannot attend their usual school
Big divide
The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @mother_stress_head, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 82,300 views.
But social media users were left totally divided by this mother’s clip – whilst many were eager to agree and slam the ‘ridiculous’ rules, others weren’t quite as on board.
Ridiculous. This really annoys me
TikTok user
One person said: “You’re lucky you’ve just got a fine, I’ve been taken straight to court.”
Another added: “You are very right.. more can be learnt outside the classroom.”
A third commented: “Ridiculous. This really annoys me, they will have learnt so much in Thailand – incredible experience for them.”
Wouldn’t even dare think of taking my kids out of school, it’s the most important time in their life
TikTok user
However, at the same time, one woman snapped: “Rightly so. There are enough school holidays.”
A second chimed in: “Meanwhile they missed seven days of curriculum so will be behind their peers, how will they catch up! Take them during summer!”
Whilst someone else wrote: “Wouldn’t even dare think of taking my kids out of school, it’s the most important time in their life.”
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