Stuart Hogg's ex-mistress speaks out after he's convicted of abuse
Published: 15:03 GMT, 9 November 2024
An ex-mistress of the disgraced rugby star Stuart Hogg has revealled that she tried to warn his new girlfriend about him.
Mother-of-three Jilly O'Donnell, 48, has claimed that she contacted jockey Leonna Mayor, who is currently pregnant with Hogg's fifth child, to warn her about his manipulative and controlling behaviour but she dismissed her.
Just this week the former Scotland rugby captain Hogg pleaded guilty to domestic abuse against his wife, Gillian Hogg between 2019 and 2024 by swearing at her, tracking her movements and bombarding her with unwanted text messages.
Jilly, who had been having an affair with Hogg for more than three year, testified in court that she had experienced similar behaviour from him when she tried to end their relationship, after she found out he was still with his wife.
Now Jilly has claimed that Hogg has been engaging with her on social media by liking all her photos, despite being in a new relationship with Mayor.
'Stuart told me this time was different and he had to do what he was told, so he had blocked me at Leonna's request which was fine. I think Leonna actually saved him. I wished him well.
'The morning I woke up he had obviously unblocked my account and had been through liking all my pictures. I thought, 'no you've done this again'', she told the Mirror.
She continued: 'I contacted Leonna to warn her. He put a post on social media saying his account saying someone had impersonated him. Again he was the victim. I told him to just take responsibility for his actions and leave me alone. It was a betrayal, but she dismissed it.'
The affair lasted for more than three years after he had promised the beautician his marriage to his wife, Gillian Hogg, was effectively over and they 'weren't a real couple' but were only staying together for 'image'.
However, it ended bitterly when Jilly discovered - through a TV interview - that Hogg was expecting a fourth child with his wife, and decided to leave him, causing an onslaught of messages saying what a 'horrible c***' she was.
Jilly also reached out to Gillian to apologise and confess that she did not know the couple were still together during the affair.
She said: 'Gillian was very gracious. She actually said she was sorry I had been through this. She was on holiday with her sister so I gave her my email and said I was happy to speak to her or the police about what I'd been through.'