Meanwhile the political aide in question, Ann Corbitt, claims today that she had a night of passion with Ashley last year after the pair met in a club in Seattle.
Furthermore Corbitt also alleges that Chelsea FC knew about her affair with the football star and helped her to cover it up.
In an interview with the News Of The World Newspaper Corbitt says that after her one-night stand with Ashely - who she hadn’t known was married when she slept with him - she was confronted by a journalist who knew about her liaison with the Chelsea star.
In a panicked state Cobitt got in touch with Cole, who in turn advised her to get in contact with Chelsea’s PR man Steve Atkins. During a brief exchange of emails Atkins allegedly advised Ann to hire a lawyer, then threaten the newspaper in question with legal action in order to blow them off the scent.
He also suggested that she should get in contact with London law firm Schillings, who he said were "well-versed in this sort of case". Schillings, by the way, are the firm who recently won a super-injunction for John Terry following his alleged fling with an underwear model.
In her interview with NOTW Ann says she is "horrified" with Chelsea’s involvement in trying to cover up with her affair with Cole, saying:
“The following morning (after their night together) Ashley asked me if I wanted someone from Chelsea to walk me out the back of the hotel.God knows how these players' wives and girlfriends must feel.”
According to pals Cheryl has now - unsurprisingly - asked Ashley to move his stuff out of their home before she gets back from LA. Good riddance we say...