Lauryn Goodman 'used Kyle Walker as open chequebook'

Judge says model exaggerated cash needed in maintenance row

- Callum Parke

ENGLAND footballer Kyle Walker was "sensible, honest and reliable" during a family court battle with model Lauryn Goodman over child maintenance payments, a judge has said.

Walker, 34, appeared at the Central Family Court in London earlier this month in a dispute with Ms Goodman over the amount of money he should pay to support their one-year-old daughter, Kinara.

Ms Goodman, 33, asked the court to order that Walker pay £14,750 a month in "global" child maintenance for the pair's two children. Her demands included that Walker paid for the upkeep of a hydropool, a £28-per-hour gardener, a car worth up to £70,000 every three years, air conditioning costing around £33,000 and nursery fees.