A WOMAN who claims she slept with Wayne Rooney for money was attacked following a row in a Bolton pub after revellers taunted her about her alleged affair.

Helen Wood, aged 24, was out with friends in the Victoria Inn in Markland Hill, Heaton, when it is understood a group of drinkers — both men and women — recognised her and began chanting: “Rooney, Rooney.”

It is believed her friend asked them to stop, but the taunts continued and eventually Miss Wood went to remonstrate herself.

A row then broke out which ended with Miss Wood lying on the floor and being kicked in the face by two women, it is claimed.

The attack left her bleeding from a cut on her nose and with bruises on her face.

She also claims that her mobile phone was stolen in the incident, which happened at about 12.30am on Sunday.

The incident was caught on CCTV and now detectives, who are treating the matter as assault, are reviewing the footage.

Security staff at the bar, which is known locally as Fanny’s, had one man pinned to the floor after the incident, but they let him go and he left.

No arrests have been made.

An ambulance was called to the pub after it was reported that Miss Wood was suffering “serious bleeding”, but she refused to go to hospital.

A police spokesman said: “Police were called to a pub after reports of a disturbance in which a 24-year-old woman was attacked.

“Inquiries are ongoing.”

Miss Wood him the headlines last year when it was alleged she and another Bolton woman, Jenny Thompson, had sex with Manchester United star Rooney in 2009 while his wife, Colleen, was pregnant with their son, Kai.

The Victoria Inn’s manager declined to comment.