After a long and drawn out child maintenance battle and with his marriage teetering on the brink of divorce, embattled footballer Kyle Walker is no doubt looking forward to a fresh start in Italy, where he is rumoured to be signing for Inter Milan.
One person, however, who will not be so delighted by the news is his ex Lauryn Goodman, who has never been far from the spotlight while thinly-veiled – not to mention blatant – swipes at Kyle and his wife Annie, and generally being a thorn in their sides.
For instance, when it was recently rumoured that the footballer was considering a move to the Middle East, Lauryn quickly announced her intention to move to Dubai with the two children she shares with Walker.
The reality star, 33, rang the Manchester City star’s wife Annie Kilner in December 2023 to inform her that he was the father of her second child, Kinara, after he previously fathered son Kairo with Lauryn back in 2019.
Lauryn and her two children currently reside in a £2.4million Sussex mansion owned by Kyle, and while securing the property may have felt like a win at the time, it now means she has to seek her ex’s permission to rent it out, and it’s not hers to sell.
It means that her chances of following the family to Italy are seriously curtailed, given that a child maintenance hearing earlier this year was told that Lauryn’s net worth was just £10,000.
Lauryn Goodman’s constant plans to keep Kyle Walker close have repeatedly backfired, with the sportsman’s move to Italy the latest blow to her plot to be part of his life
Breaking down in tears on Celebs Go Dating she revealed all about her love life and admitted she feels like she is ‘constantly going to war for her kids’
Appearing on Celebs Go Dating last September Lauryn described the drama between her and Kyle as ‘going to war’.
Breaking down in tears she revealed all about her love life and admitted she feels like she is ‘constantly going to war for her kids’ and that everything is always ‘her fault’.
Yet Lauryn’s constant plans to keep Kyle close have repeatedly backfired, with the sportsman’s move to Italy the latest blow to her plot to be part of his life.
While rumours were circling over Kyle’s future at Manchester City, MailOnline revealed on Monday that he has already held a ‘leaving party’ for friends as his seven-and-a-half year stint at the club comes to an end.
Kyle will be moving to Italy for the rest of the season with both Milan clubs vying for his services and Mail Sport understands that any loan agreement could then turn into a two-year permanent deal at its conclusion.
However, Kyle’s move to Italy have scuppered Lauryn’s plans to also relocate after the star asked the footballer’s permission to rent out her home in Sussex so she could move to Dubai with their two children.
Lauryn and the kids currently reside in a £2.4million Sussex mansion owned by Kyle, 34, which was purchased as part of her outlandish demands for child maintenance contributions.
It is thought Lauryn announced her desire to move to the Middle East as she assumed Kyle would be moving to a Saudi team, therefore she would be closer to him.
A friend of Annie and Kyle told MailOnline: ‘You have to wonder whether Lauryn was planning a move to Dubai because she thought that Kyle and Annie were off to the Middle East too. She has form for winding them up, particularly Annie, but it hasn’t worked as they have no intention of going there.
‘It wasn’t long ago that Lauryn went to Cheshire and got herself papped outside estate agents to make Annie think she would be moving there. She thinks Lauryn is a total wind-up merchant and believes it is harassment.’
Apparently this isn’t the first time Lauryn has threatened to move to Dubai, as the source added: ‘There have been times in the past when she has felt she is on the losing side and, fed up of everything, she will say she is going off there.’
The reality star, 33, rang the Manchester City star’s wife Annie Kilner in December 2023 to inform her of her husband’s infidelity for the second time, after he previously fathered son Kairo with Lauryn back in 2019
However, Kyle’s move to Italy have scuppered Lauryn’s plans to also relocate after the star asked the footballer’s permission to rent out her home in Sussex so she could move to Dubai with their two children
Lauryn attempted to demand a brand new £70,000 Mercedes GLE from him every three years and a £30,000 car for her nanny – who can’t drive – during their legal battle last summer
And according to The Sun, Lauryn has contacted Kyle’s lawyers to query about renting it out as she yearns for a ‘change of scenery’ after facing backlash amid their paternity scandal.
A source told the publication: ‘It’s been a turbulent time for Lauryn and she is keen to have a change of scenery, where she can focus on the children. She loves the idea of living somewhere sunny, like Dubai, temporarily.
‘Because Kyle owns the property, she has to ask his permission to rent it out. She would need to do that in order to be able to rent a property abroad.’
The insider added: ‘She’s no longer close to her family, so feels she doesn’t have any ties to the UK right now, and has loved taking her children abroad on holiday to get away from everything.’
Meanwhile Lauryn attempted to demand a brand new £70,000 Mercedes GLE from him every three years and a £30,000 car for her nanny – who can’t drive – during their legal battle last summer.
As the couple headed to court, Lauryn reeled off a list of pricey demands, amid her application for a higher child maintenance fee for their son and daughter.
Throughout the legal showdown she made a series of outlandish demands such as a £33,000 air conditioning unit for the ‘unbearable’ heat at her £2.4million mansion, which Kyle already bought for her.
Her requests were slammed as ‘insatiable greed’ by her former lover, while the barrister questioned why Lauryn would need a nanny when Annie and Kyle, who share four children, do not need help.
In August 2022, she made contact with the footballer’s neighbour and asked her to covertly record Kyle and Annie in the garden to try and catch them arguing
However despite Lauryn’s requests she wasn’t granted all her wishes and the judge ordered Kyle to pay £12,500 per month in child maintenance, as well as nursery, school, and childcare costs.
In the searing judgment, Kyle was described as ‘grounded and reasonable’ by Judge Edward Hess.
Meanwhile Lauryn was lambasted as a spendthrift who was ‘spending money as if it was going out of fashion’ and treated Walker like ‘an open-ended cheque book’.
After welcoming her first child with Kyle he was ordered to buy Lauryn a £1.85million home, though within a 60-mile radius of a Sussex town to prevent her being near his family, and to pay £8,000 per month child support.
The footballer also paid over £600,000 picking up both sides’ legal costs, cleared £40,000 of her debts and put over £100,000 in total towards a nanny, furniture and a car.
He cut contact with Lauryn to resume his relationship with Annie with the pair getting married.
This was a ‘source of disappointment, anguish and anger’ for Lauryn, who threatened to move near his family’s Cheshire pile – which would breach the order – and made enquiries with nearby estate agents.
Later in August 2022, she made contact with the footballer’s neighbour and asked her to covertly record Kyle and Annie in the garden.
Despite Lauryn’s requests she wasn’t granted all her wishes and the judge ordered Kyle to pay £12,500 per month in child maintenance, as well as nursery, school, and childcare costs
Annie shares sons Roman, 12, Riaan, eight, Reign, six, and five-month-old Rezon, with Kyle
‘Wait until they argue,’ Lauryn messaged, adding: ‘Ready to finish them.’
That same month, the influencer saw Kyle at his solicitor’s office and, remarkably, contact between the two was resumed.
Then, after travelling to London for groin surgery that October, they met once again and nine months later their second child, a girl, was born.
Within 48 hours of giving birth, Lauryn made a ‘financial remedies application’ asking for maintenance, already at £110,000 per year for their son, to be increased to £177,000.
Knowing Kyle wanted to keep their daughter’s birth secret, she made demands while ‘hinting that she would go public’.
It saw the England Vice Captain agree to buy her the £2.4million Sussex property and spend over £120,000 on walk-in wardrobes, blinds and curtains, sofas and garden furniture.
This, however, was seemingly not enough to buy her silence who, the judge said, ‘plainly had no intention of keeping the matter secret’.
In the days leading up to Christmas in 2023 she all but outed Kyle in a series of posts, including a picture of the daughter on Instagram with the caption: ‘I’m a lion’.
Then, knowing Annie – then pregnant with her fourth child – was home alone while her husband was playing football on December 27, she messaged revealing the secret.
‘Hey it’s Lauryn I just wanted to quickly tell you that Kyle is the father of our daughter,’ she wrote.
Last July Lauryn took Kairo to see his dad Kyle play in Germany at the Euros as she dressed her son Kairo in a ‘Daddy’ England shirt to support his father, while Annie also watched from the stands (pictured)
Last July Lauryn took Kairo to see his dad Kyle play in Germany at the Euros as she dressed her son Kairo in a ‘Daddy’ England shirt to support his father, while Annie also watched from the stands.
After receiving backlash for her decision, Lauryn shared a cryptic message a from a supportive follower.
Lauryn shared and captioned the message – which was sent to her privately – with a heart hands emoji.
It read: ‘I would love to know if every other English fan has been questioned about why they went to the England game because there seems to be a lot of hate on you for going yet what is their reason for wanting you banned?.
‘Kairo has to miss out because it makes some people uncomfortable. The internet is wild honestly xxx.’
Lauryn has also taken several other public swipes at the star, but has received no public response from Kyle or Annie.
In September she took to her Instagram stories and shared a repost about opening up.
It said: ‘You are allowed to talk about what they did to you and how it hurt you.
‘It does not matter how they feel about you talking about it because if they wanted people to think better of them, they should have been better. My page is for you’
Lauryn wrote on top of the post: ‘For anyone that needs it. Goodnight everyone.’
She also leaked messages she alleged were between her and Kyle which appeared to show he wanted to keep the paternity of their daughter a secret.
Lauryn has also taken several other public swipes at the star, but has received no public response from Kyle or Annie
She also leaked messages she alleged were between her and Kyle which appeared to show he wanted to keep the paternity of their daughter a secret
Alongside the messages, Lauryn wrote: ‘The DNA comments I’m seeing. He [Kyle] always knew his babies with me were his. DNAs are legal tactics.
‘We sorted the house before she was even born. He wouldn’t do that if he didn’t know for certain she wasn’t his.’
One message, believed to be from Kyle, reads: ‘Ok I believe u and u haven’t told her it’s mine’.
Lauryn responds: ‘She knows it’s yours 100% she said I know it’s his I know you didn’t [blank].’
Another of the screenshots that Lauryn alleges are from Kyle reads: ‘Sorry don’t want to course [cause] stress just keeping u in the loop.
‘On everything and what’s been said about you etc.
‘If you have and deny then fine where [were] ok and we plan for the future.
‘What’s going to happen just at this time it’s not good to come out because it’s just a s*** show with my actions and that need to blow away’
Kyle shares children Roman, 11, Riaan, seven, Reign, five, and five-month-old baby Rezon with wife Annie Kilner.
A source close to Kyle said: ‘Kyle was advised to take a DNA test by his legal team to confirm the paternity of the child. He has always maintained responsibility for the children financially.
‘He keeps his own four boys out of and protected from the media spotlight and is saddened that the other children impacted in this situation are being dragged into the public spat continuously.
‘Kyle didn’t want it all to be public, this was due to the huge press interest and subsequent media campaigns often led by Lauryn Goodman.’