'The man I was going to marry has taken all my money and jewellery': Fiancee's devastation after 'footballer took £12,000 to feed gambling habit' Lacey Maclean accused Kris Newby of using her money to feed addiction Took to Twitter to call him scum and he 'deserves nothing' East Thurrock United winger publicly apologised to her and her family Player said the addiction was 'worse than drugs' A woman claims that her footballer fiancé has taken £12,000 of her money and jewellery to feed his gambling addiction. Lacey Maclean took to Twitter to accuse her 25-year-old boyfriend Kris Newby of being 'scum', after she claims he took money from her and her family. The furious woman, who only got engaged to the East Thurrock United FC winger in January, alleged that he had spent her savings on gambling, and was heartbroken at the discovery. Happier times: Pictured on the day they got engaged, it was just weeks later before Lacey Maclean began accusing Kris Newby of taking her money Accusations: Kris Newby proposing to his then fiance Lacey Maclean, who has claimed he used her money for gambling Mr Newby, a prolific goalscorer with the Ryman Premier non-League club, has publicly apologised to his former fianceé, saying that he became 'hooked on gambling'. In January Miss Maclean shared pictures of the footballer proposing to her and had excitedly Tweeted about marrying him in August 2014 in Italy. She wrote: 'Most perfect moment ever.. Can't wait to be mrs newby.. Best weekend ever.. Can't believe you actually got down on one knee.. You r braver than I thought #fiancée. But two days ago she began angrily accusing Mr Newby, from Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, of being 'nothing but scum'. Lacey Maclean says the footballer is 'scum' and he has publicly apologised to her and her family She wrote: 'He... deserves to have nothing. Well what I have said is the truth.. He has taken all my money savings and jewellery.. I now have to pay to get my own jewellery back.. Everyone needs to no (sic) who he really is he is nothing but scum. The man I was gonna marry has... Taken all my money.. Savings and jewellery. He has gambled it all... The athlete, who scored three times in the FA Cup this season, has been forced to confess about his gambling in his local newspaper. He told the Southend Echo that he had been sucked into competitive gambling over the last couple of years but had been too proud to seek help or even admit that he had problems. The furious woman took to Twitter to accuse her boyfriend of taking her money and jewellery The online rant accused the footballler of being 'scum'... less than two months after the pair were engaged He said: 'I thought I had sorted it out but I fell back into it four or five months ago and it started spiralling out of control. 'I've hurt a lot of people as a result, but most of all Lacey, and I'd like to publicly apologise to her and her family and anyone else I've hurt. 'I've never been addicted to drugs, but this is worse than drugs - in three seconds you have lost £100. It ruins lives. On a Twitter page claiming to be his, the footballer wrote that he was 'trying to put things right' and seemed eager to take responsibility for his problem. He Tweeted: 'thats what i aim to do i want to put everything ive done right its going to take time but it all starts today and that... Today been a productive day 1st steps to sorting myself and everything out onto tomorrow 1 day at a time #putthingsright. Miss MacLean has not reported her allegations to the police, Essex Police confirmed, She Tweeted that she does not feel "strong enough" to go to court and wants to make sense of what has happened. Mr Newby and Miss Maclean were unavailable to comment when the Mail Online tried to contact them.