David Goodwillie in line for £150,000 pay-off but has never paid his victim a penny

David Goodwillie watches Raith's game against Queen of the South on Tuesday

David Goodwillie was discharged from bankruptcy days before signing for Raith Rovers without paying his victim a penny of the £100,000 court-ordered compensation.

Meanwhile, it is understood he is negotiating a pay-off of around £150,000 from Stark’s Park after the Fife club U-turned on his signing after four days of crushing criticism. Sources suggest the money will be paid in instalments.

Denise Clair’s civil action against Goodwillie and David Robertson, the men who raped her – after the Crown Office dropped their prosecution – made legal history and she refused several offers to settle the case out of court despite being warned the men would, if they lost, go into bankruptcy and give her nothing.

Ms Clair said: “I knew what they would do but it was never about money for me. The only thing I truly wanted was to see them behind bars for what they did to me.

“At one point I was actually offered £115,000 to drop the case. It was never about money. It was about accountability.

“The failure of the criminal justice system to prosecute them meant the only thing I could do was take civil action to ensure the world saw them for what they were.”

Legal papers reveal Goodwillie has just been discharged from bankruptcy and Robertson’s trustees are understood to be in the process of discharging him too.

Ms Clair said: “I don’t care about the money but they should have been forced to pay me something, anything, a penny, every week for the rest of their lives so they would never forget what they did.”

Meanwhile, as her attackers dodged financial responsibilities, their victim was being trolled on social media and suffered years of abuse, chants and threats by fans.

One, the secretary of an amateur football club, would eventually be fined £1,500 for posting that she should be raped again.

The threat was reported to police but, after she secured the evidence exposing his identity, Police Scotland had to apologise to her for failing to investigate properly.

Ms Clair said: “He threatened to violently rape me and urged others to join in. He claimed to know where I lived, but I didn’t know if he did or not so he left me too traumatised to leave my home. I almost suffered a breakdown but police did nothing.”