Premier League title winner Danny Simpson will miss part of Leicester City's historic celebrations and end-of-season party after a judge ordered he must serve a curfew immediately for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
Simpson, 29, has only completed half of the 300 hours he was sentenced to last June for assaulting Stephanie Ward, the mother of his child, in a row at their house in Worsley in December 2014.
The defender's lawyer, Gary Ryan, said the media had twice discovered where Simpson had been doing his unpaid work in the community and this "intrusion" had made it impossible for him to complete the work.
Judge Alexandra Simmonds accepted the explanation for him not completing the unpaid work, but suggested a 21-day, 10pm to 6am curfew be put in place instead as the defendant had so much money that a fine would be "no punishment."
The player's lawyer then argued a curfew would be especially "onerous" as his team still had one game to play, against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, followed that night by a function at a London hotel, then an open-top bus tour of Leicester on Monday and a trip to Thailand starting on Tuesday.
"I'm not satisfied a curfew would be unworkable, despite the fact that the defendant will obviously be inconvenienced," ruled Judge Simmonds. "The purpose of the order is to restrict the liberty of Mr Simpson as punishment for the offence for which he was convicted.
"This was an offence of domestic violence and the courts take domestic violence very seriously. You will have to serve your sentence. You will need to be in tonight at 10pm."
Simpson will be monitored electronically by an ankle tag and if he breaks the order could be brought back to court.
"We support Judge Simmonds' decision to impose a curfew on Danny Simpson," Polly Neate, the chief executive of Women's Aid, said. "Perpetrators of domestic abuse must face the consequences of their actions, even if they are a famous footballer.
"It is important that these consequences are upheld by the judicial system to send out a strong message to all perpetrators: we do not tolerate your abuse."
Simpson had been convicted of assault after a police officer called to his house in December 2014 and found him sat on top of his ex-girlfriend with his hands around her neck.
He denied the offence, but was found guilty after a trial. He indicated he would appeal against his conviction, but later this was dropped.
Simpson was sentenced to 300 hours' unpaid work on June 15 last year and has completed 145 hours to date.
Simpson first began working in an Age UK charity shop in Eccles, parking his £200,000 Lamborghini round the corner. He was then placed working at the headquarters of Purple Futures, working with people with learning difficulties, doing eight hours a week, four hours each on Mondays and Thursdays, which had a "positive and humbling" effect on the defendant, his lawyer said.
But again the media found out where he was, the court heard, and reporters interviewed other offenders doing work alongside Simpson.
"For no fault of his own he can't serve the sentence that the court imposed upon him," Mr Ryan said.
"This is an extraordinary set of events during the past weeks. Nobody expected this team would win, against all the odds, it's been described as a fairy tale.
"He may be a professional footballer but he's only an employee, he has no control over what events are organised.
"It's not like people imagine. He has very little time for himself; he's at the beck and call of the club."