Helen Wood, who famously had a threesome with Manchester United star Rooney - an actor who allegedly slept with her was named in the United States today

An A-list actor who won an injunction to hush up claims he slept with a prostitute used by Wayne Rooney has been named in the US today.

The married father, whose reputation as a family man has boosted his career as a world-renowned star, allegedly paid escort Helen Wood £195 for sex.

The millionaire then paid a firm of high-powered lawyers tens of thousands of pounds to stop his fans finding out.

His lawyers obtained a draconian gagging order in 2011, but the cheating well-known celebrity was outed today in American print media.

Miss Wood famously had a threesome with Manchester United and England star Rooney and her friend while the player’s wife Coleen was pregnant.

She claimed the actor booked her for an afternoon sex session – in which she used a sex toy on him – through an escort agency in March 2010.

Miss Wood described how he arrived without his wedding ring before having a shower in her room. ‘He came out of the shower naked. I asked him if he wanted a massage and I gave him one,’ she said at the time.

‘He turned over and he was a disgusting kisser. He kissed like a virgin.’

She says she offered to use a sex toy on him and he 'eagerly agreed'. Afterwards, he left without leaving a tip, but he did recommend a local restaurant, she claimed.

The ex-escort compared the ‘barmy’ legal situation to that of the other married celebrity, who has spent £1million battling to stop details of his threesome with another couple being published.

The Supreme Court will decide imminently if he can be named after the Court of Appeal overturned his gagging order - but meanwhile the rest of the world knows who he is.

Miss Wood told The Sun: ‘I read about the other injunction involving a celeb threesome and an olive oil bath and have seen the name everywhere on the internet.

'It’s strange that the rest of the world knows who these stars are but newspapers in the UK can’t report it.’

The 29-year-old, who is no longer a prostitute and who won Celebrity Big Brother last year, said the man who paid her for sex has used his family to boost his own career.

She said: ‘He tries to come across with this persona as if he’s some fantastic family man. I don’t think a fantastic family man sleeps with escorts.’

Outed: This is the article printed in the US today - an injunction in England means that the star's details cannot be shown

Past: Miss Wood (left) famously had a threesome with Manchester United and England star Rooney and her friend while the player’s wife Coleen was pregnant (together right last night)

Reaction: The former escort, who won Celebrity Big Brother, tweeted this last night as it emerged the star she slept with is set to be named in the US

Since the star obtained the High Court injunction, the wealthy actor has ignored a deluge of rumours on social media and continued his career as if everything was normal.

He has attended glittering functions with other actors and given celebrity interviews about his life and work.

The actor has basked in the adulation with his glamorous wife, slipping an arm around her and posing with a smile for photographers.

The philandering star has given publicity interviews – in which he mentions his family – to promote his work and attempt to boost his audiences.

News outlets in England and Wales have been gagged by the courts in order to prevent them revealing full details of the celebrity's initial extra-marital affair - or even naming them

When he ran to the courts to hush up Miss Wood’s kiss-and-tell claims to The Sun, Mr Justice King agreed the actor – whom he described as ‘a world-famous celebrity’ – had a reasonable expectation that his sex session with Miss Wood was private.

At the time friends of Miss Wood, of Bolton, the daughter of an academic, claimed her relationship with the actor was well known.

Jenna Hughes, 24, a former nightclub friend, said: 'It has been common knowledge up here for a while now and it really doesn't come as a surprise to us.'

A friend named only as Hayley said: 'The blokes she has these flings with should really know better. She is the ultimate kiss-and-tell, and people in the public eye should watch their back. More fool them, I say.'

The latest case means people around the world will know all about the sordid claims, but UK publications still cannot publish the details.

Supreme Court judges are still considering whether a different married star who had a threesome with another couple will be named.

An injunction protecting the married man was overturned a fortnight ago by the Court of Appeal, which ruled that widespread online and global coverage meant the affair was now ‘common knowledge’.

But Supreme Court judges said the Press blackout in England and Wales should continue while they decide if his appeal should be allowed. No timescale was given for how long they will take.

The anonymity order was branded a ‘farce’ after the celebrity’s name was published in Scotland, the US, Australia and online.

A survey carried out by MailOnline found that one in five people in England claimed to know the name of the star, who has two children with his spouse, who is also famous.

Ryan Giggs’ family-man image was left in tatters five years ago when he tried to hush up an affair with model and Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas.

The £1,200-a-night vice girls: Jennifer Thompson (left) and Helen Wood (right), who were involved in the Wayne Rooney scandal. Wood is linked to another famous name

The former footballer secured an injunction to stop his name being made public – despite his identity being common knowledge online.

It then emerged that he had been sleeping with Natasha, his brother’s wife. The affair apparently began in 2003 and continued while Stacey was pregnant with their children, now aged ten and 13.

Giggs even paid Natasha £500 to abort his child weeks before she married his brother. Mrs Giggs apparently forgave her husband after the revelations.

The Manchester United star is now facing one of the largest sporting divorce payouts in British history – after his wife finally ran out of patience with his womanising ways.

Stacey Giggs, 37, stood by the former Manchester United player, even after he had an affair with his brother’s wife.