THE PREGNANT girlfriend of disgraced rugby star Stuart Hogg accused his estranged wife of “making up” charges – just hours after he admitted a five-year campaign of domestic abuse.
Leonna Mayor, who recently announced she was expecting the brute’s fifth child, took to X, formerly Twitter, to respond to tweets.
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The former jockey, 34, got into a string of arguments over the case shortly after Hogg pleaded guilty to a five-year abuse campaign against his estranged wife, Gillian.
Mayor – dubbed the ‘world’s sexiest jockey’ – even suggested that charges were “made up” in one message which she later deleted.
In the now-removed message she posted “One charge. There are about seven she made up” and in another post she admitted Hogg had “made mistakes.”
Her followers were quick to reply.
One replied: “This is embarrassing for you, victim blaming and showing yourself to be so unbelievably naïve. ‘She’ has stayed silent and completely classy throughout this whole horrible ordeal which is more than can be said for you.”
Another user responded: “‘He’s made mistakes’ – Terrorising his ex-wife is a ‘mistake’ yeah ok.
“The type of men don’t change.”
Another one of her followers said: “’Leaving the children scared’ and using phone app software to track his estranged partner after the spilt.
“Perfectly normal behaviour.”
Mayor simply replied saying that the entire thing was “only her [Gillian’s] account as she is the ‘victim’.”
During a brief hearing yesterday Hogg admitted subjecting Gillian to a five-year campaign of domestic abuse.
The disgraced 32-year-old shouted and swore at “scared” Gillian, who suffered a panic attack after he hounded her with distressing texts.
During one incident Hogg sent her more than 200 messages within a couple of hours despite being requested not to contact her.
The court was also told that Gillian became terrified of her husband during bouts of booze binges.
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The single charge stated that he engaged “in behaviour which was abusive” to his ex and 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.
Hogg initially faced further charges, including stalking, but his not guilty pleas were accepted.
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 with 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.”
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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.
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