Idol ... Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand

Ferdinand is demanding "substantial" damages of £50,000 for alleged "gross invasion" of his privacy.

But Mr Millar told London's High Court the player was "the author of his own misfortune" for claiming he was a "reformed individual".

The QC insisted: "Disclosure of an affair was well justified in the public interest.

"The claimant's concern is about the effect of the article on the public image he has so painstakingly constructed.

"He has misled the public over a period of years."

Mr Millar went on to brand the superstar's conduct "reckless and self-destructive".

The barrister declared: "He must carry some responsibility for placing himself and his family in the predicament in which they now find themselves." The other women he named were:

POP IDOL CONTESTANT Sarah Whatmore, 30 - who the footballer met in a trendy Manchester bar back in December 2002.

BRAZILIAN MODEL Tatiane Rosalino, 26, who had accompanied him on a magazine shoot the same month.

VIRGIN AIR HOSTESS Lauren Alcorn, 31. She claimed he paid £7,500 for her to have an abortion during a five-year fling that began in January 2003.

RAUNCHY DUO Cathrine Shepherd, 27, and Savannah Benson, 26 - who appeared in a videoed orgy on holiday in Ayia Napa, Cyprus.

ISRAELI MODEL No1 Lilach Yafe, 29, who regularly met the footballer in Tel Aviv.

TOPLESS MODEL Holly McGuire, 33. Ferdinand told the beauty he was single and she was the only girl for him.

STRIPPER Coralie Robinson, 22, from Tokyo. She told how Ferdinand panicked when Rebecca arrived in Japan on an unannounced visit.

ISRAELI MODEL No2 Tslil Sela, 22, who hooked up with him at his stag do in June 2009.

INTERIOR DESIGNER Carly Storey, 32 - the woman whose revelations sparked the lawsuit.

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