Jermain Defoe and new lover leave restaurant after romantic meal following his marriage breakdown
FOOTBALL pundit Jermain Defoe and his new lover leave an Italian restaurant after a romantic meal.
The former England striker, 40, emerged behind influencer Alisha LeMay, 31, from II Bordello in Wapping, East London.
It comes after The Sun on Sunday revealed his marriage to Donna Tierney was over.
The pair were spotted leaving the restaurant together in another sign of their growing closeness.
Their date comes after his wife Donna Tierney claimed a love letter proved he was having affair with Alisha LeMay during their marriage,
Donna, 40, claims the birthday card from Alisha LeMay proves the ex-England ace was cheating during their marriage - despite his protestations.
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Defoe met Donna, a Glasgow-based beautician, in January 2021 at a charity do when he was playing for Rangers.
Seven months later he proposed at a £2,500-a-night Glasgow hotel before marrying in a lavish £200,000 ceremony at Cliveden House, Berks, in June 2022.
But just one month into the marriage, the ex-Spurs ace messaged a 40-year-old nurse begging for sex in the back of his Range Rover.
And by January this year, Defoe was secretly seeing Love Island wannabe Alisha, 31.
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A month later, Defoe whisked the influencer off on a Valentines holiday to Dubai - with Alisa flooding her Instagram with snaps from the trip.
But ex-Donna says she has "proof" the pair's affair was raging during her marriage to the vegan footballer, who is a practicing Roman Catholic.
In an explosive post on Instagram, Donna says she stumbled across a 40th birthday card to Defoe from Alisha as she cleared out a cupboard at home.
The card reads: "Hard work, Happy 40th Birthday my gorgeous, i'd bake you a cake if if i knew how to use the over can't wait to do life with you.
"Love you more than selfridges, leesh xxxx."
