A WORCESTERSHIRE model and ex-porn star is at the centre of the sex scandal involving Cabinet minister John Whittingdale - amid claims she was shown 'highly sensitive' Government documents over breakfast.

Ex-Playgirls model Stephanie Hudson, 36, grew up in Malvern, where her parents are still based.

The mum-of-three's links to a former member of Worcestershire County Council can also be revealed today - with Mrs Hudson a close friend of Malvern politician Clive Smith.

Councillor Smith, who still sits on the town council, has been a friend of her family for more than 30 years.

He told the Worcester News during her relationship with Mr Whittingdale, which lasted two years, as far as he knew he never came to the county.

"I've known Stephanie since she was a baby, I know her parents very well and I'm good friends with her father," he said.

"She grew up in Malvern Link and she's a lovely girl, she's very pleasant, outgoing and genuine.

"She's a great girl - she's still up in Malvern on weekends all the time. But she never came up here with Whittingdale."

He said he's already told her family to ignore any of the salacious details reported in the national press.

"I've said to her dad 'don't worry about the Mail on Sunday, it's tomorrow's fish and chip wrapper'," he said.

Over the weekend the Mail on Sunday devoted five pages to her romance with the Culture Secretary, which started when they met online via dating site match.com.

She alleged that Mr Whittingdale text her a picture of a private gathering at Chequers, David Cameron's country retreat, and that he showed her highly sensitive documents over breakfast at his house.

The photograph taken at the PM's official country home is a major breach of protocol and is thought to be the first such picture ever to be published.

She said Mr Whittingdale showed her highly-sensitive documents to "show off" as he worked on his Ministerial Red Box over breakfast at his home in Essex.

"The Red Box was open on his breakfast table and all the papers were strewn on the table," she said.

"He would show me his work schedule and the letters when I would sit next to him."

She also made a string of other allegations about Mr Whittingdale, including that he took her to the House of Commons and kissed and groped her there, turning the lights off so they could not be seen.

Mrs Hudson went to school in Malvern but moved to the USA to pursue her career, starring in American TV show Hotel Erotica and in a topless soft porn act called the Boobie Twins.

She has also featured as a Page 3 girl in Britain and told the national press her two-year relationship with Mr Whittingdale started in 2013 before it fell apart.

She is married but separated and now works as a medical centre receptionist.

Councillor Smith said: "Obviously she's got a colourful past, but so have a lot of people."

Several MPs have called upon Mr Whittingdale to resign, but a spokesman for Number 10 has insisted the Prime Minister still has confidence in him.

His office has also denied that she had access to any Ministerial Red Box documents.

Councillor Smith sat on Malvern Hills District Council for 36 years before losing his seat in 2015 and was also a county councillor until 2013.

He used to be in the Liberal Democrats and then the Green Party, but is no longer connected with either.