Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg has pleaded responsible to a home abuse cost in opposition to his estranged spouse.
Hogg admitted shouting and swearing and performing in an abusive method in the direction of his spouse Gillian when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court docket.
He additionally admitted repeatedly monitoring her actions and sending messages of an alarming and distressing nature.
The court docket heard that the previous Hawick and Glasgow Warriors participant, who was capped 100 instances for Scotland, as soon as despatched greater than 200 messages in a few hours. Sheriff Peter Paterson deferred sentence till 5 December for background reviews.
Hogg, who presently performs for Montpellier in France, admitted a single cost which associated to repeated abusive behaviour in the direction of his now estranged spouse.
Over a five-year interval, as much as August of this yr, he engaged in a course of conduct which triggered her concern or alarm.
The court docket heard how the 32-year-old recurrently shouted and swore at his spouse whereas they lived in Hawick, in addition to after they lived in Exeter whereas Hogg performed for Exeter Chiefs.
At one level it triggered her to have a panic assault – and he or she ultimately took recommendation from home abuse companies.
The cost additionally concerned Hogg monitoring his spouse’s actions by way of the Discover My Telephone app after they’d cut up up in 2023, and him sending her generally lots of of textual content messages within the house of some hours.
Sentence has been deferred till 5 December, when a full mitigation shall be supplied by Hogg’s authorized crew.
Sheriff Peter Paterson allowed him bail till that date to await reviews, together with a restriction of liberty evaluation.
The fullback retired from rugby union earlier than final yr’s World Cup having amassed a century of senior caps and been concerned in three British and Irish Lions excursions.
He stays one among Scotland’s all-time main strive scorers and was awarded an MBE within the 2024 New 12 months honours checklist for companies to rugby union.
He got here out of retirement in the summertime to signal a two-year contract with Montpellier.