Joe Westerman is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward or second-row for the Castleford Tigers in the Betfred Super League and the England Knights and England at international level.
He was born on November 15, 1989, in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
Westerman previously played for the Castleford Tigers, Hull F.C. in two separate spells, the Warrington Wolves in the Super League, and the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Championship.
He burst onto the scene in 2007 in the Castleford Tigers National League One campaign after signing from junior club.
In February 2023, Westerman landed himself in great trouble after his video showing him performing an obscene act on someone’s wife went viral.
In March 2023, Lee Radford, the coach of Castleford Tigers, made a decision regarding Westerman, but it is unclear at the moment if he has been dropped on the basis of form or injury.
Joe Westerman wife
Westerman’s wife is named Lauren Westerman.
The two got married in 2014 but their marriage ended due to Westerman’s involvement in a viral sex scandal.
According to Metro, Lauren confirmed that she was not the woman in the video and has not spoken to Joe since the incident.
Lauren who is a primary school teacher later claimed in a new interview that the woman her husband cheated on her with had been sacked from her job as an estate agent.
“She’ll never live it down. She’s lost her job and there are memes of her sweeping the internet. Her children are going to see that. I don’t know if our children will ever forgive their dad,” she told The Sun.
Adding;
“There will be no more family dinners, no family days out. It’s all gone. The kids won’t be able to see him play again because of the chants he will now inspire. I just hope in time they can forget it.”
Lauren also talked about forgiving her husband;
“I’ve relived that footage over and over again. It’s something I’ll never be able to get out of my mind no matter how hard I try. There are absolutely no excuses for what he’s done, not just to me but to our children and wider family
“Everything between us was fine, he FaceTimed me at 4 PM on Saturday while he was out and then texted at 2:30 AM to say he couldn’t get in because he didn’t have his house keys.”
She further noted that Westerman came clean about the incident after the explicit video went viral on multiple social media platforms.
“Truth is, he only told me because it was on social media. But I’m glad it was found because the thought of kissing him after that just makes me feel sick,” Westerman said.
In a report on The Sun, Lauren explained that Westerman’s leaked video had inflicted untold harm on her and their children.
Joe Westerman new girlfriend
Recently, Daily Mail reported that Westerman is currently in a relationship with the wife of a former friend.
Westerman was dumped by his wife after being caught on camera performing a lewd sex act with a woman in an alleyway behind a Greggs in his hometown.
The rugby player’s new lover has been identified as 34-year-old Alison Hopkinson.
The rugby star went public with the relationship six weeks ago when he posted a photo of them on his Instagram account laughing and sitting close together.
Then a week ago, Westerman posted another picture on social media of him posing with Hopkinson at Pontefract races.
Hopkinson has two young children of her own, and it is understood to be estranged from her husband Carl, 35.
It is fit to say that judging by the loving photos of the couple any hopes of Westerman repairing his marriage to Lauren appear to be over.
