‘Shocked’ Chloe Madeley groped by drunk rugby legend at nightclub just yards from estranged husband James Haskell

TV'S Chloe Madeley was groped by a rugby fable — portion different prima of the athletics propositioned her connected the aforesaid night.

The 2 players made their drunken advances portion her now-estranged hubby James Haskell was DJ’ing a fewer feet away.

Haskell, 39, an ex-England flanker who played successful the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, reveals TV presenter Chloe’s London nightclub ordeal successful his caller publication The Good, The Bad & The Rugby.

He writes: “I precocious had a telephone from a supposedly squeaky-clean rugby large who was getting up to each sorts of ­mischief successful a notoriously hedonistic European capital.

“But I wasn’t astatine each surprised, due to the fact that the aforesaid feline had propositioned Chloe a fewer years earlier portion I was DJ’ing a fewer feet away, and his teammate, different supposedly squeaky-clean rugby great, was groping her a**e.”

A root progressive successful the publication said: “Chloe was the lone miss contiguous erstwhile it happened. She was shocked but didn’t marque a large happening of it. There had been a just magnitude of drinking. Her and James near consecutive after.”

Haskell does not sanction the 2 stars successful the book, co- written with ex-England teammate Mike Tindall and rugby presenter Alex Payne and released past week.

Fitness trainer Chloe, 37, started dating Haskell successful 2015 and they joined successful 2018.

Daughter Bohdi was calved successful August 2022 but the mates divided successful October 2023 and are present waiting to divorce.

Last twelvemonth Haskell got into occupation erstwhile helium was seen dining with DJ Chloe McLennan successful Ibiza portion woman Chloe — girl of TV brace Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan — was backmost successful the UK.

Haskell, who starred successful I’m a Celebrity successful 2019, says successful the publication that helium does not effort to fell erstwhile helium has done thing wrong.

He says: “Nobody’s perfect, but if you’re clever, you tin marque it look that way. My idiosyncratic prime is to beryllium upfront and honest, warts and all. That way, if you get caught retired it’s not a surprise.

“I effort to ever beryllium the aforesaid with everyone. I’m definite I don’t get arsenic overmuch enactment arsenic I could by being similar that, but I would alternatively not beryllium everyone’s cupful of beverage than unreal my s**t doesn’t stink erstwhile it precise intelligibly does.”

Chloe has said: “I’m ne'er going to spell into large item astir wherefore we broke up due to the fact that it’s not just connected anyone and I wouldn’t privation him to either, but what I volition accidental is it was f***ing awful.”

In the publication Haskell appears to instrumentality a excavation astatine the rugby legends’ squeaky-clean image, arsenic helium adds: “Promoting yourself done the media is similar dancing with the devil, but it’s a indispensable risk.

“You person to play the crippled to a definite extent, adjacent if it feels similar the past happening successful the satellite you privation to beryllium doing.

“Of course, putting yourself astir successful the media doesn’t conscionable let you to represent your existent self, it besides means you tin marque yourself look a ­better idiosyncratic than you are.”