The Premier League begins to prepare for what will be another earthquake for reasons unrelated to the sports field. The case was made public this Monday, through several English media, but in the next few hours it will be possible to know what it is about at this time. the missing piece in another scandal involving a player from the country’s top league and the accusation of alleged rape.
For legal reasons, the person involved remains protected by the secrecy of justice, knowing only that he was arrested in a large-scale police operation at 3 in the morning, when the player slept in his “million dollar mansion” and was surprised . by the arrival of six police cars. After being taken to the police station, the affected person gave a statement to the authorities. for about 15 hours.
What is known about the player so far? He will be “20 and many years old” (29 more specifically, as confirmed later by the police), he was arrested in North London, where he has the “million dollar mansion”, is international for your country and should be among those chosen in the next World Cup in Qatar.
The young woman who filed the complaint on Sunday night at a police station accused the footballer of an alleged rape, which would have occurred during a vacation he spent in the Mediterranean area, upon his return to the United Kingdom. She made a “complete statement” of everything that happened and also presented “photographic evidence” which caused the authorities to proceed immediately to the arrest of the target.
“On July 4, a report was made to the police of an allegation of rape by a woman in her 20s. He reported that the alleged rape occurred in June 2022. On July 4, a 29-year-old man was arrested in a raid in Barnet on suspicion of rape and taken into custody, where he still remains. Investigations into the circumstances of what happened are still ongoing by the authorities,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement quoted by the BBC.
“The accusations are extremely serious. The club’s leadership is stunned by the whole situation. The player must be on the team’s preseason tour. Now you will not travel. The player’s companions are also absolutely dumbfounded. It is a serious blow for the club but the police must do their job,” a club source told The Sun newspaper, without revealing the athlete’s identity.
It should be remembered that, in the last season, benjamin Mendy, The French side of Manchester City was arrested in August on suspicion of four crimes of rape and one of sexual abuse, having later faced more complaints when he was in preventive detention, still awaiting trial (now released) that will begin end of July and where he will answer for nine sexual crimes. At the end of January, greenwood mason, Manchester United’s English international striker was also arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and death threats against his girlfriend, and the player was sacked by the club.
Source: Observadora
