Twitter user responsible for Ryan Giggs' gossip fest named
Just when news of Ryan Gigg's affair is starting to mellow down, a new detail about the story has been released. The Twitter user who allegedly "started" the fiasco was recently identified, and it's not who the papers are say it is.
According to a research released by the Sunday Times, it is not the "journalist" or the blogger Mike Wheeler who have been famously featured in a couple of reports. The newspaper says a 37-year-old digital marketing analyst at a high profile bank named James Weebley is the one responsible for the sudden popularity of Gigg's super injunction in Twitter.
The gagging order took effect on April 14th of this year, with a note from Justice Eady to The Sun stating the new rules of a certain athlete's privacy issues. The gagging order prohibits The Sun to report any news about a married footballer "who had an affair" with Miss Wales Imogen Thomas. Giggs' name went into consideration after Wheeler posted a photo of Thomas with the caption "Imogen Thomas is from Wales. Who else do you know from Wales?" in which a comment was posted "player at a top premiership club probably hoping to get another year out of his ageing legs".
The post was reportedly seen by Weebley via Google, who then proceeded to Twitter to spread his newly-found bit of information. Weebly, while on his account, Tweeted "So if Ryan Giggs wanted to cover up a hypothetical affair with Big Brother's Imogen Thomas would that be a super-injunction or a regular one?" minutes after he saw Wheelers post. Weebley's post got re-tweeted and easily spread within minutes, resulting to over 70,000 mentions of Giggs' name.
Just recently, a Twitter executive has announced they are willing to surrender user information of accounts that have violated the said court ruling. There are still no reports regarding Weebley's punishment for "illegally" confirming Gigg's name on the site's realm.