Tearful ex, 34, of thug footballer, 26, who beat her with an iron bar and made her eat paint begs clubs not to sign him
THE tearful ex of a thug footballer who beat her with an iron bar and made her eat paint has begged clubs not to sign him.
Danielle Thomas has bravely spoken out about the torture she endured at the hands of Reece Thompson.
The 34-year-old has shared her story after Thompson was fired from the latest team to receive a backlash after signing him.
He lasted just one game with Wombwell Town after fans and the local MP expressed their outrage.
And last month Selby Town let him go after fans and sponsors pulled their support.
Thompson, 26, was jailed for 40 months and given a ten year restraining order in April 2019 for an horrendous attack on mum-of-two Danielle. He is currently out on licence.
Danielle, soon to start a new job as a domestic support worker, told The Sun Online: “I am trying to put what he did to me behind me.
“I just ask myself why any football team would want somebody like him playing for them?
“He should be allowed a second chance but not at a football club, where they are supposed to be role models for children and adult fans alike.
“I would urge all football clubs to never sign Reece. He is arrogant and has shown no remorse for what he did to me.”
‘NEVER SIGN REECE’
The pair first met in Danielle’s home town of Harworth and Bircotes, Nottinghamshire, where he worked in the local sports centre.
Around 13 weeks after their first date Danielle was woken up by Thompson punching her.
He said he had found messages between her and a male friend, before apologising and saying he attacked her because he loved her.
This pattern continued every fortnight when her kids stayed with their dad, she said.
Danielle wept as she said: “He would hit me, pull my hair, spit at me, kick me in the ribs, but always tried to be careful to not mark my face.”
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Eventually one of her daughters saw Danielle being attacked and then both refused to come home if Thompson was still there.
“He said that it was either the girls or Reece. My choice was obvious,” said Danielle.
“This enraged Reece who flew into a frenzy, shouting ‘you pick them over me?’
“We had a five litre tub of white emulsion in the living room which we were going to redecorate with – he poured it on the floor and made me lick up the paint.
“I was screaming in my head ‘just kill me now I have had enough’.
“He smashed another mirror on me and I said ‘Reece you are going to kill me’.”
Continuing the attack he got a metal pole and told Danielle: ”I want you to get on all fours on the bed.
“It is time I gave you five lashes.”
“He hit me hard five times, counting each blow out 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,” she said.
“I had to scream for him to stop hitting me on the back because I was terrified he would break my spine.”
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“I must have blacked out or my brain or body has just chosen to forget the rest.”
The next day a social worker dropped by, realised what was happening and got Danielle out of the house.
She was left with a broken jaw, broken ribs and multiple cuts and bruises.
In April, 2019, Thompson pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to inflicting grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and damaging property.
He was jailed for 40 months but released early before he was sent back to prison for tweets he posted.