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A British grandmother suing The Sun newspaper over claims she had sex with soccer star Wayne Rooney while working as a prostitute has had her $1.9 million damages claim thrown out of court.
Mother-of-seven Patricia Tierney, 52, denied the claim published in the paper in August 2004 that she was a sex worker at a Liverpool brothel used by the England and Manchester United star.
But on Monday at Manchester County Court it was revealed Tierney from Whiston in Merseyside had admitted working as a prostitute in a statement to police two years earlier.
She launched the legal battle claiming she had only ever worked as a receptionist at Diva's massage parlour in Liverpool and had never worked as a prostitute.
Rooney, 21, could have been called as a witness.
Mr Justice Christopher Clarke dismissed the case and awarded punitive costs to The Sun payable by Tierney.
- AAP
