Married Giroud had consistently denied taking Celia Kay to the Four Seasons Hotel in Canary Wharf the night before the 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace on February 2. The striker had earlier issued a grovelling apology to his wife Jennifer and the Arsenal boss after a picture by the pin-up appeared in a national newspaper.
Wenger said: ‘It is an internal matter but I do not want to comment publicly because I respect his privacy.’
The model took a picture of Giroud in his hotel room wearing just underwear, which can be seen below.
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Grovelling: Giroud has taken to Twitter to apologise to his wife over his relations with the model
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Cameo: The French striker came on as a substitute in the dying moments of the win against Liverpool
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Fight for forgiveness: Giroud, left, poses with his wife Jennifer last Christmas
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Giroud took to social networking site Twitter to apologise to Jennifer - who gave birth to son Paul last June - and his club.
‘I apologise to my wife, family and friends and my manager, team-mates and Arsenal fans,’ he said.
‘I now have to fight for my family and for my club and obtain their forgiveness. Nothing else matters at the moment.’
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Rules: Giroud narrowly avoided a huge fine after he insisted to Arsene Wenger that nothing had happened
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Model: Kay poses for international magazines such as FHM and Maxim
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Warm up: The meeting took place just hours before Arsenal's 2-0 win over Crystal Palace
Kay, who models for international magazines such as Maxim and FHM, was pictured arriving at the Four Seasons hotel in Canary Wharf at 12.50am and leaving at 3.04am that night.
She insists she did not have sex with the 6ft 4in striker, who avoided a club fine when claims were made by Kay last week, insisting to Wenger that no meeting had taken place.
‘Olivier knows the truth and the fact that he lied about us is pathetic,’ Kay told the Sun on Sunday.
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Pictured: The model was pictured arriving and
leaving the Arsenal team hotel just hours before their match against
Crystal Palace
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Revelations: Kay revealed her meeting with Giroud last week but the striker denied any wrongdoing
‘He’s just digging a bigger hole for himself. If he is big enough to do the crime, he’s got to serve the time.’
The Gunners planned to fine the star up to £230,000 but backed off after his denial. His lawyers also sent a series of letters to the newspaper denying any wrongdoing.
Giroud came on as a second half substitute for Arsenal on Sunday and will face Roberto Martinez’s side on the weekend of March 8.
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