Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg avoids jail after abusing ex-wife over five years
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Montpellier player made MBE in New Year Honours list previously pleaded guilty to domestic abuse of ex-partner Gillian Hogg. Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has avoided jail after abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years.
![[The former Glasgow Warriors and Exeter Chiefs player previously admitted to abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/09/10/01JH56MVJ57N4VGYFTCQWK76DM.jpg)
Hogg – who plays for French club Montpellier and was made an MBE for services to the sport in last year’s New Year Honours list – previously pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, when he appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court on 4 November.
![[The 32-year-old retired from professional rugby in July 2023 but last summer it was announced he was returning after signing for Montpellier on a two-year contract]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/09/02/68103f1917fd910f5d9beea0cd7288c1Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2NDI5ODY1-2.71153605.jpg)
The 32-year-old former Glasgow Warriors and Exeter Chiefs player admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages that were alarming and distressing in nature. The court previously heard the defendant berated Mrs Hogg for “not being fun” after going on drinking binges with his colleagues, and once sent more than 200 text messages to her in the space of a few hours.
Hogg, who now lives abroad, was sentenced to a community payback order with one year of supervision and a five-year non-harassment order at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Thursday. He had been due to stand trial at the same court in November but pleaded guilty that day to a charge of domestic abuse between 2019 and 2024 at locations including Hawick in the Scottish Borders.
