Corrie McKeague's mother has confirmed her missing RAF son and his girlfriend were members of a swingers website.
Nicola Urquhart took to Facebook and told the world that her 23-year-old son and his 21-year-old girlfriend, April Oliver, had accounts on the Fab Swingers website.
His mum Nicola felt she had to post on social media to clear up comments about his private life.
She said: "April has asked me to post this on the page. Corrie and April were on dating sites, they are young and were enjoying themselves. They were both seeing other people, this has not been hidden.
"April and Corrie had a Fab Swingers account, to the haters, get over it. This is none of your business.
"April could have easily deleted her account as I could have deleted Corrie's however what was far more important than a little embarrassment was that the police were informed immediately and given every ability to ensure this did not have anything to do with Corrie's disappearance.
"Which they are still doing, I only hope they have had the time to carry out all investigations."
Last week Corrie's girlfriend revelead she was pregnant with his child which he didn't know about when he disappeared.
Nicola added: "Last week April had to publicly tell the world about her private life, something we all tried to keep private for both her and their baby, predominantly at April's insistance as Aprils main concern is finding Corrie.
"She did not want this to turn into a media circus but sadly others would not leave her alone and were constantly messaging hateful remarks to us.
"After many long discussions April, her parents and us all felt she was really left with no choice as it was coming out anyway. with our full support we helped this happen."
Corrie McKeague was last seen in the early hours of September 24 in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
He was separated from friends while leaving the Flex nightclub on St Andrews Street South.
He was last seen on CCTV at 3.25am wearing a light pink Ralph Lauren shirt, white jeans and brown suede Timberland boots with light soles.
The last sighting shows him walking from a shop doorway and into a horseshoe-shaped area in Brentgovel Street, with no sign of him emerging.
Despite exhaustive police and RAF searches, there have been no clues to the whereabouts of the gunner who was based at RAF Honington.
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