None of the other English or Chelsea players appear to have violated the man code.
Terry tapped the tramp after she had Bridge's child and Terry also tapped her in Bridge's house. Bridge also had broken up with the tramp but was still hurting from the breakup, so Terry really stabbed him in the back 3 ways by tapping the mother of Bridge's child, in Bridge's house, while Bridge still had feelings for her. I don't think anybody would be surprised to learn Terry had side mounts all over the planet, but this woman was clearly one of the few that should have been off limits based on the man code. Terry also was a best mate of Bridge, unlike the others. If it weren't a big deal, Terry would not have spent thousands of pounds on lawyers fees to squash the story.
From the Sun story it appears Gudjohnson & Mutu allegedly tapped her before she became involved with Bridge.
It is interesting that there allegedly is an unnamed 5th player. It will only fuel speculation that fat Frank is part of the team.
Terry has been in damage control over this story for months. His lawyers petitioned the English high court to squash the story based on some kind of secrecy statute. The judge basically said it was a frivolous petition and Terry was only interested in protecting his endorsements. The statute is essentially to squash stories based on national security.
Terry has a team of image consultants trying to do damage control, so they will be trying to plant stories to paint him in a favorable light.
The totality of Terry's disgracing the English and Chelsea Captaincy is stunning. He and his marketers sent out mass email blasts to companies pimping Terry as a pitchman of grand status because of his English Captaincy. It cheapened the honor and Capello warned him over his behavior. Then Terry took £10,000 to conduct a secret tour of Chelsea's new training ground and cheapened his club Captaincy.
I don't think there will be any lessening of Terry's pariah status because of the totality of his self serving actions. He is the antithesis of what a Captain is supposed to represent.
If the Chelsea supporters try to cover Terry's back this weekend and drown out the Arsenal chants deriding Terry, it will fuel a sense of self loathing in any supporter that subscribes to the man code. Terry's Chelsea and England teammates will all be subject to extraordinary abuse because of their Captain's actions.
This story will not go away. Terry and Chelsea will be harassed for at least the remainder of this season if not longer. Terry will be hounded by the English press indefinitely.
