Rio Ferdinand has been banned from driving for six months after he was caught speeding.
The former Manchester United player was clocked doing 85 miles per hour in a Mercedes on the A27 on the south coast near Hove in July last year.
After admitting the charge, he was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for six months and ordered to pay a total of £822 in fines and costs at Crawley Magistrates’ Court this morning.
It's the second driving ban the father-of-three has been handed.
Back in 2012, the 41-year-old was caught speeding in his luxury Jaguar on the same Manchester road three times in five weeks.
He was fined and handed a six-month ban on that occasion, despite his lawyer, Nick 'Mr Loophole' Freeman, arguing he should get a shorter discretionary suspension.
Ferdinand and his wife TV star Kate Wright were the focus of a BBC documentary, Rio And Kate: Becoming A Stepfamily, which aired earlier this year.
It explored the challenges Wright dealt with in being both a partner to Ferdinand and a new stepmother to three grieving children.
The couple are expecting their first child together.
