I KNOW I’m bound to say this, but I find it astounding that Ashley Cole, pictured, is going to the High Court over newspaper stories about his alleged relationships with three women.

The footballer, married to Girls Aloud singer and X-Factor judge Cheryl Cole, will argue that the details were an “unjustified intrusion” into his personal life.

No mention, then, that they weren’t true. Never mind that, let’s shoot the messenger anyway.