Kyle Walker hit back at Lauryn Goodman‘s demands for a brand new £70,000 Mercedes GLE from him every three years and a £30,000 car for her nanny – who can’t drive.
The England Vice Captain, 32, and his former mistress entered a legal battle earlier this month where Goodman, 33, 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 Sussex mansion, which Walker already bought for her.
Amongst Goodman’s expensive requests, which were slammed as ‘insatiable greed’ by her former lover, were the payments for the luxury cars for herself and her nanny, who does not even have a driving licence.
Responding to a grilling by the influencer’s barrister Nichola Gray Walker questioned why Goodman would need a nanny when his wife Annie Kilner, 32, and himself, who share four children, do not need help.
‘I have four children and I don’t have a nanny,’ he said before adding: ‘If the nanny needs a vehicle, the nanny can use Lauren’s vehicle.’
‘I’m sorry Miss Gray, I don’t know how many people you would like me to pay for. I’m paying for Lauryn, for a nanny. Does she want a chef?’ he quipped.
While fighting against providing the Mercedes car and nanny’s car, Walker was grilled on his own impressive car collection.
England star Kyle Walker at the Central Family Court for child maintenance case with Lauryn Goodman
Lauryn Goodman leaves the Central Family Court at the end of the hearing for child maintenance case
Throughout the case, Goodman asked for £70,000 every three years to provide a new Mercedes GLE
The lawyer reeled off a list of Walker’s motors, which included an eight month old Range Rover, worth around £160,000, which he traded his previous car in for and paid £50,000 on top.
Walker also has a two-year-old Audi RS6 worth around £100,000, a one-year-old Mercedes Viano worth £80,000 and an electric BYD car which he was given for free as a Euros sponsorship deal.
On top of this, he pays £2,000 a month on PCP for his wife Annie’s G Wagon.
Considering the number of cars he owns – and the amount each vehicle costs him – he was questioned on why he can’t pay Goodman.
Walker told Miss Gray KC: ‘I want a lot of things in life but sometimes I just don’t get them.
‘If Lauryn is safe driving around in a car it doesn’t matter if it’s a Mercedes, an Audi, a Volkswagen or a Peugeot. So long as Lauryn is safe it doesn’t really matter.’
When Miss Gray said that her client was asking £70,000
Miss Gray said her client was asking for a £70,000 car every three years, while he was offering £51,000, adding: ‘It’s only £20,000.’
Kyle Walker’s wife Annie Kilner pictured at the Euro 2024 tournament in Germany
Kilner is spotted getting into her £180,000 Mercedes G Wagon 4×4 in Wilmslow town in Apirl
Walker (pictured in Newcastle) also has a two-year-old Audi RS6 worth around £100,000
Walker pictured with his new electric BYD car which he was given for free as a Euros sponsorship deal
Walker, who has a £26million fortune, added: ‘You keep on saying these are small amounts because of my wealth.
‘If you add these sums up over 18 years. If you say it’s a little bit extra for this a little bit extra for that, in that grand scheme of things – a pound is a pound.
‘Let’s not be flippant that because I earn the money that I earn which I have done off my own back playing football that you can just spend the money like an open cheque book.’
The legal showdown was the latest in the WAG drama, after Kilner kicked Walker out of their £3.5million mansion in Cheshire, after Goodman revealed he was the father to her daughter, who was born in June 2023.
It came four years after Goodman had their first child Kairo in 2020 she publicly announced that Walker was the father, leading his relationship with Kilner to go up in flames.
After Goodman publicly revealed Kinara was also Walker’s child, it led to the Manchester City defender cutting off his ex-mistress, eventually being allowed back home by his wife.
Yesterday, a reporting restrictions was lifted in the astonishing child maintenance case – revealing the jaw-dropping details and staggering amounts of money involved.
Kyle Walker with wife Annie Kilner and family after England v Denmark in Frankfurt on June 20
Walker had been with his childhood sweetheart Kilner since they were teenagers at school
Lauryn Goodman posted a picture of her children cheering on Kyle Walker in the Euro 2024 quarter-final between England and Switzerland on July 6, with shirts saying ‘Daddy’
Much of the case focused on the glassed mansion Walker had bought Goodman, and the long list of safety features and renovations: a £33,000 air conditioning system because the heat becomes ‘unbearable’ in summer.
Another issue Goodman had was with her patio, which she said was ‘unsafe’ and wanted a £31,000 Astro turf instead, claiming that her one-year-old daughter will be a ‘Lioness’ one day.
She had wanted £500 a month to maintain the hot tub, solely for the children’s use.
Goodman wanted a gardener costing £500 a month and a £1,440 monthly cleaner – plus a nanny costing £67,000, plus £30,000 for her car, which she couldn’t drive yet.
He had even funded her £8,000 holiday to Mexico last year.
Walker, who earns a reported £160,000 a week, was described as ‘grounded and reasonable’ by Judge Edward Hess.
But his former lover was lambasted as a spendthrift who was ‘spending money as if it was going out of fashion’.
Both parties have until August 13 to appeal.
Annie Kilner at the Olympiastadion in Berlin for England v Spain Euro 2024 final on July 14
Lauryn Goodman takes her son Kairo to watch his father Kyle Walker at England v Denmark in Frankfurt on June 20. He was wearing a number 2 England shirt with ‘Daddy’ on the back
Following the case, a spokeswoman for Walker said yesterday: ‘This judgment speaks for itself in laying bare Lauryn Goodman’s insatiable greed and relentless pursuit of money.
‘The judge made it clear: she used Kyle as an open ended cheque book and repeatedly threatened him in order to get what she wanted.
‘She then orchestrated a media campaign to feed intolerable and wrongful intrusion into the private lives of Kyle, Annie and their young family.
‘Throughout each court proceeding the judge stated that Kyle adopted a fair and generous stance.
‘These proceedings were never necessary. Kyle’s offer should have been accepted months ago and would therefore have eliminated the need for added stress to all involved.
‘In light of this judgment and the truths it makes public, my client and his family now ask that the media fully respects their rights to a private life as they navigate their next steps.’
Breaking her silence, Goodman insisted last night that she only had her two young children’s interest at heart.
England footballer Kyle Walker is pictured outside Holborn Family Court on July 16
She said: ‘These have been difficult and stressful proceedings, which I had hoped would not be necessary. This has only ever been about the children and providing for their futures,’ she said.
‘I am a dedicated single mother and whilst my children will never have what their half siblings have, I have tried my best for my children and always will, no matter what.
‘Thanks to my legal team and the judge’s decision, my children’s childhood is secure and I will now focus on building a solid future for them so as to provide for the time when the children’s home reverts back to their father.
‘More than anything, I look forward to enjoying every moment with my children and the three of us being able get on with our lives.’
Both parties have until August 13 to appeal.
