Shamed former Sky Sports activities presenter Richard Keys marries 35-year-old buddy of his daughter in Devon

Richard Keys has married Lucie Rose, a buddy of his daughter Jemma, after beforehand denying falling in love with the lawyer whereas his then spouse was combating most cancers.

Former Sky Sports activities presenter Keys, 66, tied the knot with Rose, 35, at a ceremony within the village of Kingswear, Devon on Saturday.

Keys, who fronts beIN Sports activities’ Premier League protection, had break up from Julia, his spouse of 34 years, again in 2016 after allegedly having an affair with Rose.

Julia revealed in 2018 how Keys’ affair ‘devastated’ her world as she recovered from thyroid most cancers and likewise wrecked the lives of their two youngsters, Jemma and Josh.

However Keys, who was sacked in shame from his £500,000-a-year job fronting Sky’s Premier League protection in 2011 after making disparaging remarks about feminine referee Sian Massey-Ellis, has denied the affair occurred. 

Richard Keys has married Lucie Rose, a buddy of his daughter Jemma, at a ceremony in Kingswear

Rose, 35, married Keys, 66 on Saturday. The previous Sky Sports activities presenter had beforehand denied having an affair along with her

Keys (centre) pictured along with his ex-wife Julia (left) and their daughter Jemma. Keys has denied he ‘fell in love’ with a buddy of his daughter’s 

In an interview with The Athletic, Keys mentioned: ‘I will point out the unmentionable for you. Did I depart my spouse combating most cancers? No.

‘I do not know what occurred. I do not know why our marriage ended the best way it did, however my spouse was combating most cancers for seven years earlier than I left her and he or she had been in remission for seven years.

‘She and I went to London on daily basis of her battle, previous to a ground-breaking operation that noticed her in a interval of restoration.

‘Julia had been in remission for seven years. I understand how exhausting it was for her when issues went mistaken. 

‘I wasn’t going to start out participating in a tit-for-tat, he-said, she-said, reply to all the things that was mentioned about me.

‘If individuals consider that I walked away with my spouse combating most cancers with a buddy of my daughter’s. I can not change that now.

‘Inform a lie twice and it turns into the reality. Inform it on social media and it haunts you without end. I did not fall in love with a buddy of my daughter’s.’

It emerged in September 2016 that Julia Keys had filed for divorce on grounds of adultery amid accusations her husband had an affair with Miss Rose.

It was reported on the time that Keys met Rose whereas residing in Doha, Qatar, the place he works for beIN Sports activities.

The pair married in a hush hush £20,000 ceremony attended by just a few shut household and pals. Pictured is the venue in Devon 

Keys mentioned he helped spouse Julia (proper) by means of a seven-year interval of restoration from most cancers

Julia had beforehand revealed particulars of the impression of her husband’s affair in one in every of her books

The pair have been understood to have been launched by a mutual acquaintance on the expat social circuit in Qatari capital Doha, the place Keys was working as a presenter for TV community BeIN Sports activities.

On the time, it was reported that Mrs Keys, a psychotherapist, felt her husband had ‘run out of probabilities’ after she had stood by him following his sacking by Sky Sports activities.

Keys and co-presenter Andy Grey made offensive off-air remarks about Premier League official Massey, claiming she did not know the offside rule.

In one other studio dialog, which was filmed however not transmitted, Keys requested pundit Jamie Redknapp a couple of former girlfriend, saying ‘Did you smash it?’ that means ‘did you’ve intercourse along with her?’

In April 2018, Julia wrote about her husband’s affair in her e book The MANScript, saying: ‘Richard’s affair did not simply devastate my world, however the world of our kids Jemma and Josh too.

‘It is just now, two years on, that he has admitted he did have an affair with Lucie, in addition to acknowledging his deceit and the injury it has triggered.

Keys nonetheless lives in Doha the place he’s the frontman for the corporate’s soccer protection alongside former Sky Sports activities colleague Grey. 

Jemma Keys is pictured with former buddy Lucie Rose (proper), a younger lawyer who Jemma bombarded with messages after it emerged Lucie was having an affair along with her father

Lucie pictured in a photograph shared on social media  

Jemma advised in 2018 how her mom found WhatsApp messages from Lucie on his cellphone whereas they have been on vacation in St Ives. 

‘I heard Mum shouting, ‘Your father’s been having an affair,’ ‘ Jemma advised the Day by day Mail. ‘My coronary heart stopped. Then I requested, ‘With who?’ ‘

Within the midst of her ache Jemma started bombarding Lucie with abusive and threatening late-night textual content messages which referred to her as ‘the filthiest sl**’ and a ‘Qatar w****’.

One warned, ominously: ‘I am watching each transfer you make. You do not know what’s coming.’

Jemma has since mentioned she was in a state of ‘alcoholic blackout’ when she despatched them – and would by no means have carried out it whereas sober.

She was dramatically arrested in a morning police raid, and says three officers carrying physique armour threw her right into a police van in her pyjamas. 

She confronted an unseemly courtroom case within the full glare of the media and, doubtlessly, a six-month jail sentence. 

However regardless of being charged with harassment and showing earlier than magistrates, she was spared the embarrassment of a full trial when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped the case.