David Ginola lashes out as High Court divorce battle with his model ex-wife runs into third year

DAVID Ginola ranted at journalists outside the High Court yesterday High Court yesterday as he continued to battle his ex-wife over her divorce payout - two years after it was settled.

The former Spurs star, 52, confronted press outside the two hour hearing to moan that he wouldn't be so scrutinised in France.

Ginola is accused by former model Coraline of failing to cough up an agreed divorce payout that was finalised in February of 2017.

The battle at London’s Central Family Court comes after the couple’s 25-year marriage collapsed in 2016 amid claims he cheated on her.

Ginola dressed in jeans, a blue shirt and navy jumper, did not speak during the hearing except to tell a reporter who was addressing the court that he would “break his other arm.”

He has since moved on with model Maeva Denat, 28, dubbed the French Angelina Jolie, who he has a young daughter with.

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Ginola, who also played for Newcastle United and Aston Villa, left the multi-million pound mansion in St Maxime he shared with his wife after they split.

Judge Mark Everall QC ruled that journalists could cover the hearing and name those involved but little detail of what was discussed could be reported.

Two other hearings took place in 2017 and 2018, with Ginola failing in a bid to exclude reporters entirely at one of them.

He said the litigation involved private issues which should not be revealed in media reports.

I am French. We are not used to this.

Ginola

"I am French," Ginola had said. "We are not used to this. In France the press are not allowed into these kind of hearings."

He had added: "I am very surprised... it should be kept between ourselves."

Coraline, who has reverted to using her maiden name Delpin, had reportedly planned on celebrating the divorce by releasing a tell all book on the former footballers infidelities.

During their marriage the former Premier League ace was dogged by claims that he fathered a child after an affair with dog breeder Joëlle Pinquier.

In 2010 he was ordered by a French court to pay £30,000 in child maintenance after refusing to undergo a DNA test to ascertain whether he was the father.

In May 2016, Ginola suffered a near-fatal heart attack just months after the breakdown of his marriage - and was "clinically dead" for eight minutes.

The ex-footballer was playing in a charity football match when he suddenly collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest.

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