Rebecca Loos: David Beckham 'portraying himself as victim' in alleged affair in Netflix documentary

David Beckham's former personal assistant - who he allegedly had an affair with - has said the football star should "take responsibility" after the release of his Netflix documentary.

Rebecca Loos, who began working for Beckham in 2003 when he transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid, hit out at the star in an interview with the Daily Mail.

Beckham has previously dismissed allegations of an affair.

In the eponymous documentary series, the former England Captain described the stories about the alleged affair as "horrible" saying they left him "feeling sick every day."

Ms Loos, now 47, told the Mail that Beckham's recollection of the media frenzy that surrounded the alleged affair is "all, "poor me". He needs to take responsibility."

"He can say whatever he likes of course and I understand he has an image to preserve, but he is portraying himself as the victim and he's making me look like a liar, like I've made up these stories.

"He is indirectly suggesting that I'm the one who has made Victoria suffer," she told the paper.

"Yes, the stories were horrible, but they're true," the paper reports. "He talks in the documentary about this ultimately being his private life, shutting it down.

"I think it's one thing to keep your private life to yourself. It's another thing to mislead the public. And so many people had forgotten about all of this."

At the time of the alleged affair, Beckham was living in Spain, away from his wife Victoria who remained in England.

In the Netflix series, made by Beckham's own production company, the former footballer expresses wonder at how he and Victoria "got through" the scandal and how he managed to drag himself to training with Real Madrid.

He talks about the immense pressure on his marriage due to the allegations, which were played out very publicly in the media.

Beckham said seeing his wife Victoria hurt was "incredibly difficult".

Ms Loos said: "The worse bit for me is that he says he didn't like seeing his wife suffer. That bothered me. Because he's the one that's caused the suffering."

After making the claims in 2004, Ms Loos enjoyed a lucrative career as a reality television star, appearing in shows such as The Farm and The X Factor. She's since moved to Norway.

Ms Loos also told the Daily Mail that she'd received abuse on social media since the documentary was released.

"I was very sorry for what I had done and the way I handled it – but life's biggest mistakes are the best lessons learned," she told the paper.

At the time, Beckham described claims of an affair as "ludicrous."

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