Rebecca Loos has accused David Beckham of making her "look like a liar" and portraying himself as "the victim" in his new Netflix documentary series Beckham.
In Beckham, David and Victoria Beckham touch on the allegations David had an affair with Rebecca Loos in 2003, which he always denied. During the series they described the difficulty they faced in their marriage following Rebecca's claims.
In the mini-series, David said: "Erm… there were some horrible stories that were difficult to, erm, deal with. It was the first time that me and Victoria had been put under that kind of pressure in our marriage."
And Victoria said: "It was the hardest period because it felt like the world was against us."
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Following the release of the documentary, Rebecca Loos has now shared her thoughts on the alleged affair being brought back into the public domain.
Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, Rebecca claimed David was making her "look like a liar".
She told the publication: "He can say whatever he likes, of course, and I understand he has an image to preserve, but he is portraying himself as the victim and he's making me look like a liar - like I've made up these stories."
Rebecca went onto criticise David for inferring in the documentary that she was the one to cause Victoria to suffer.
She said: "The worse bit for me is that he says he didn’t like seeing his wife suffer. That bothered me. He could have simply said that this was a tough time and I don’t want to talk about it.
"If you don’t want to take responsibility for things because of your family and your children that’s absolutely fine. And if he had just said it was a tough time for us and moved on I wouldn’t be here today.
"But he specifically made it look like… my fault, that he had nothing to do with this."
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Rebecca also called David Beckham out for bringing the alleged affair back into the limelight by discussing it in the documentary.
"So many people put all this behind them. And he’s dragged it back up again in a way that is affecting my reputation," she said.
In 2004, Rebecca claimed she had had an affair with David Beckham the year before, while she was working as David's assistant and translator when he moved to Spain to play for Real Madrid.
She shared her story with the now-defunct News of The World and Sky News, claiming David was an "amazing lover" and that they began their affair while on a night out in Madrid together.
"We were just locked into each other all night conversation-wise, other people noticed… we just connected," she said. "I think the chemistry between David and I was so strong… people were aware and they weren’t very happy."
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David has always denied the allegations of the affair, calling them "ludicrous" and stated he was "happily married".
In a statement published at the time David said: "During the past few months I have become accustomed to reading more and more ludicrous stories about my private life.
"The simple truth is that I am very happily married. I have a wonderful wife and two very special kids. There is nothing any third party can do to change these facts."
Following on from her allegations, Rebecca went onto become a reality star in the UK, before moving to Norway where she now lives with her husband and two children.
Beckham is available on Netflix now
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