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KATIE Milligan, the girlfriend of NRL star Greg Bird, has opened up about their relationship and the alleged glassing attack that left her with prominent scarring to one eye.
In her first in-depth interview since the incident on August 24, Ms Milligan has told The Daily Telegraph that people "may never know" exactly what happened and they will have to accept her decision to stand by the Sharks five eighth.
"I can say with complete certainty that I consider myself an intelligent person. I wouldn't stand by and support somebody who would ever have intentionally hurt me or in the future have the potential to hurt me," she said.
"And if that's not enough for people, I know that's enough for me in my heart."
In the extensive interview, to be published in tomorrow's Daily Telegraph, Ms Milligan reveals more details about what happened on the night Bird allegedly glassed her.
Bird, 24, is charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Ms Milligan, also 24, during an argument in his beachfront Cronulla apartment.
He has pleaded not guilty but an apprehended violence order was put in place by police for Ms Milligan's protection, ordering him not to approach or contact her.
For legal reasons, Ms Milligan cannot talk about the incident, but she has revealed that contrary to reports, neither she or Bird were intoxicated.
"People think it was the result of an all-night bender but that's not what happened at all," she said.
In her interview, Ms Milligan also explains how she came to the decision to leave her family behind in New York to study law in Sydney and pursue her romance with Bird.
"We had an instant connection," she said.
"When Greg initially mentioned the possibility of me moving I thought I couldn't because I had planned to move to California to go to law school.
"But when I went home (after visiting him in Sydney) I just felt like I wasn't the same.
"I'm still not the same when I'm not with him. It seriously was like a part of me was missing and I've never felt that way before about anybody before."
Ms Milligan said the AVO conditions have been especially tough, given that she moved to Australia to be with Bird.
"It's hard because...I took a huge leap of faith coming over here and the decision to do that was hard enough on its own. To now have people questioning my reasons for staying here, that's definitely been a challenge," she said.
"I just have to do what I think is right and that's standing by Greg because he's already been tried in the court of public opinion and I don't think that's fair."
In her first in-depth interview since the incident on August 24, Ms Milligan has told The Daily Telegraph that people "may never know" exactly what happened and they will have to accept her decision to stand by the Sharks five eighth.
"I can say with complete certainty that I consider myself an intelligent person. I wouldn't stand by and support somebody who would ever have intentionally hurt me or in the future have the potential to hurt me," she said.
"And if that's not enough for people, I know that's enough for me in my heart."
In the extensive interview, to be published in tomorrow's Daily Telegraph, Ms Milligan reveals more details about what happened on the night Bird allegedly glassed her.
Bird, 24, is charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Ms Milligan, also 24, during an argument in his beachfront Cronulla apartment.
He has pleaded not guilty but an apprehended violence order was put in place by police for Ms Milligan's protection, ordering him not to approach or contact her.
For legal reasons, Ms Milligan cannot talk about the incident, but she has revealed that contrary to reports, neither she or Bird were intoxicated.
"People think it was the result of an all-night bender but that's not what happened at all," she said.
In her interview, Ms Milligan also explains how she came to the decision to leave her family behind in New York to study law in Sydney and pursue her romance with Bird.
"We had an instant connection," she said.
"When Greg initially mentioned the possibility of me moving I thought I couldn't because I had planned to move to California to go to law school.
"But when I went home (after visiting him in Sydney) I just felt like I wasn't the same.
"I'm still not the same when I'm not with him. It seriously was like a part of me was missing and I've never felt that way before about anybody before."
Ms Milligan said the AVO conditions have been especially tough, given that she moved to Australia to be with Bird.
"It's hard because...I took a huge leap of faith coming over here and the decision to do that was hard enough on its own. To now have people questioning my reasons for staying here, that's definitely been a challenge," she said.
"I just have to do what I think is right and that's standing by Greg because he's already been tried in the court of public opinion and I don't think that's fair."
