Ashley Cole linked to a fourth woman

Ashley Cole has been accused of having an affair with a fourth woman.

The Chelsea footballer, who is married to Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole, is at the centre of infidelity allegations after claims that he sent explicit text messages to a glamour model and a secretary, with whom he also allegedly had a physical relationship. He had previously been accused of cheating on his wife with hairdresser Aimee Walton in 2008.

The Sun reports that 28-year-old Ann Corbitt has now claimed that she slept with the footballer in a Seattle hotel while Chelsea were touring America. The pair reportedly met when Cole was celebrating Chelsea's victory over the Seattle Sounders in a bar.

"Ann and a friend got talking to Ashley," a source said. "Ann and Ashley hit it off straight away and they spent most of the rest of that evening by each other's side.

"Ann said she spent the night with Ashley and then left the next morning. She never saw him or spoke to him after that. She is about as different to a trashy British glamour girl as you can get."

The insider added that Corbitt has been receiving phone calls "out of the blue" recently and added: "She believes Ashley's associates are trying to silence her."

Corbitt, who works in a councillor's office, is now reportedly considering selling her story.

"At first she was worried she would lose her job if she ever spoke about it," the source said. "But now she is weighing up her options. She thinks she could make a lot of money to lay bare the full details."

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