Kiss-and-tell Kiwi pin-up Sophie Lewis sold her story of a sex romp with a touring English rugby hunk to a UK tabloid.
But the former Deal or No Deal model has told New Zealand woman's mag New Idea she wasn't "a slapper" and had dreaded telling her parents about the headline-breaking coverage of her "rampant" night of passion with blond wing David Strettle, 24, at Auckland's Hilton Hotel.
Lewis was outed by The Sun newspaper, which had spoken to one of her friends, before she sold her version of events for an estimated $12,000 to News of the World.
Lewis, 22, told New Idea her parents (Andrew and Julie Anne Lewis) "were a bit shocked, but they told me that I hadn't done anything wrong".
"They had to face friends at work and that London paper (The Sun) had named me and even taken my picture off my website. It was embarrassing."
Approached earlier this week by Sunday News, a visibly upset Julie Anne refused to discuss her daughter's antics. The tearful attendance officer at Northcote College, on Auckland's North Shore, said she was "sick".
Andrew slammed the door at the family's Northcote home.
He later told Sunday News: "We're just an ordinary family."
Sophie said she agreed to the News of the World story to "clear my name, not for the money".
She told the newspaper she and Strettle "put rampant rabbits to shame. He was such an accomplished lover and we did it in every position imaginable," Lewis said.
The same night an 18-year-old New Zealand woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by two of the tourists. Police are investigating.
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