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Former England footballer Stan Collymore has begged for forgiveness after he admitted visiting "dogging" sites to have sex with strangers.
The ex-striker told the Daily Mirror newspaper he had confessed to his wife Estelle that he had driven to several sites where people watch each other having sex in their cars.
"What I have done is disgusting and I'm so ashamed, but I'm only human," Collymore, 33, said. "I can only beg for forgiveness.
"Over the last couple of years I have been to dogging sites maybe a dozen to 15 times, and yes I have taken part and had sex during them.
"My only hope is that the people I know and love can find it in their hearts to forgive me."
Collymore said he was curious about what happened at dogging sites after reading about the activity on the Internet.
He said his most recent visit was to a country park called Cannock Chase near his home in Cannock, Staffordshire, on Saturday.
Within half an hour of his arrival, Collymore said he met a couple and started chatting to them.
He said he later exchanged phone numbers with the couple, who claimed they were new to the activity.
Collymore said he was "devastated" at the hurt he had caused his wife and his family.
His secret visits to dogging sites were revealed by two undercover reporters from The Sun newspaper who met him at the car park in Cannock Chase.
According to The Sun, Collymore sent the pair mobile phone text messages inviting them to have "some fun" at the same car park the next day.
He also told them about the etiquette of dogging and described to them his first experience of the activity, the newspaper said.
Collymore's representative Simon Kennedy told PA News: "As Stan has said, he has been very foolish and made some foolish decisions."
Mr Kennedy added: "He is very apologetic, he is very remorseful, but he has to move on.
"I hope the public at large will realise that Stan has made mistakes but that fundamentally he is not a bad egg and he is not an evil individual."
The ex-striker told the Daily Mirror newspaper he had confessed to his wife Estelle that he had driven to several sites where people watch each other having sex in their cars.
"What I have done is disgusting and I'm so ashamed, but I'm only human," Collymore, 33, said. "I can only beg for forgiveness.
"Over the last couple of years I have been to dogging sites maybe a dozen to 15 times, and yes I have taken part and had sex during them.
"My only hope is that the people I know and love can find it in their hearts to forgive me."
Collymore said he was curious about what happened at dogging sites after reading about the activity on the Internet.
He said his most recent visit was to a country park called Cannock Chase near his home in Cannock, Staffordshire, on Saturday.
Within half an hour of his arrival, Collymore said he met a couple and started chatting to them.
He said he later exchanged phone numbers with the couple, who claimed they were new to the activity.
Collymore said he was "devastated" at the hurt he had caused his wife and his family.
His secret visits to dogging sites were revealed by two undercover reporters from The Sun newspaper who met him at the car park in Cannock Chase.
According to The Sun, Collymore sent the pair mobile phone text messages inviting them to have "some fun" at the same car park the next day.
He also told them about the etiquette of dogging and described to them his first experience of the activity, the newspaper said.
Collymore's representative Simon Kennedy told PA News: "As Stan has said, he has been very foolish and made some foolish decisions."
Mr Kennedy added: "He is very apologetic, he is very remorseful, but he has to move on.
"I hope the public at large will realise that Stan has made mistakes but that fundamentally he is not a bad egg and he is not an evil individual."
