Apology: Shop girl Elisha Ram, 23, was suspended from her work at
Bentalls department store and forced to apologise after she called
Chelsea star John Terry 'a pig'
A shop assistant was suspended from work and forced to apologise after she reportedly called Chelsea star John Terry 'a pig'.
Elisha
Ram, 23, was working at a department store concession when the
footballer and his wife Toni walked in - and overheard her telling a
colleague 'he is quite good looking in real life - but he's a pig.'
Miss
Ram said she was sorry, but then snapped at the defender - who asked to
see her manager at Bentalls in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, to
complain about her conduct.
Miss
Ram was then suspended from her job at the store's All Saints
concession, pending an investigation by her bosses at the high street
chain.
Miss Ram said she
had greeted Terry, 33, as he walked into the concession on Monday,
before turning to her workmate and told them her feelings on the
footballer, describing him as a pig.
The
worried colleague told Miss Ram to be quiet, and she then realised the
conversation had been overheard by Mrs Terry, who married the footballer
in 2007 after the pair started dating as teenagers.
The
footballer, who lives in nearby Oxshott, then reportedly approached
Miss Ram, and told her she should not have called him a pig while his
wife was present.
'I said I
was really really sorry. Then I just snapped, got defensive and
retaliated, saying, 'you're a disgrace,' Miss Ram's friend told The Sun's Andy Crick.
Terry then asked to see her the
manager, reportedly telling Miss Ram's boss that he wouldn't have commented on Miss
Ram as he did not know her, adding: 'And she doesn't know me to call
her a pig.'
According to The Sun,
Miss Ram told a friend that she had made the pig remark after reading
reports which alleged Terry had cheated on his wife, who is mother to
his twin children Georgie John and Summer Rose - who turn eight on
Sunday.
She
denied having an affair with Terry, who was stripped of the England
captaincy following reports about their relationship in 2010, saying
that the pair were 'friends'.
A
spokesman from clothing company All Saints said it was not the brand's
policy to comment on matters relating to individual staff members.
It
is understood that senior shop staff sent a formal written apology to
Terry, who last week signed a new 12 month deal with Chelsea, taking him
to 20 years with the west London club.
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