Premier League duo 'arrested over alleged rape' as both players picked up outside stadium – GB News
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By Stuart Ballard
Published: 23/04/2024
Updated: 23/04/2024
The two Premier League players are reportedly from the same team and were arrested at the weekend.
Two Premier League stars from the same team were reportedly arrested at the weekend for an alleged rape.
The two team-mates have not been named and were reportedly released on bail pending further enquiries.
According to The Sun, both players are aged 19 with one of them spoken to by police 'on suspicion of assault and aiding and abetting a rape'.
He was arrested outside the club stadium after a 'brief interview' with the police and spent the night behind bars.
The two Premier League players were arrested and released on bail
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His clubmate was also arrested the following day and faced questions on suspicion of rape.
A police spokesperson told The Sun: "Officers have arrested two men following a report of a rape.
"A 19 year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and aiding and abetting a rape.
"A second 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of rape.
"Both men have since been released on police bail."
The alleged rape is reported to have taken place on Friday night last week before the Premier League weekend.
The alleged victim is said to have filed a formal complaint a few hours later.
A source told The Sun that one of the players was 'taken to a private room' in the club stadium and spoken to by the police.
The Premier League players are said to both be 19 years old
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The club are already supposedly talking about the 'next steps', but it's unclear if they've been suspended.
A club spokesman said: “As the matter is now in the hands of the police, the Football Club will not be making further comment at this stage.”
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According to The Sun, both players are aged 19 with one of them spoken to by police 'on suspicion of assault and aiding and abetting a rape'.
He was arrested outside the club stadium after a 'brief interview' with the police and spent the night behind bars.
The two Premier League players were arrested and released on bail
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His clubmate was also arrested the following day and faced questions on suspicion of rape.
A police spokesperson told The Sun: "Officers have arrested two men following a report of a rape.
"A 19 year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and aiding and abetting a rape.
"A second 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of rape.
"Both men have since been released on police bail."
The alleged rape is reported to have taken place on Friday night last week before the Premier League weekend.
The alleged victim is said to have filed a formal complaint a few hours later.
A source told The Sun that one of the players was 'taken to a private room' in the club stadium and spoken to by the police.
The Premier League players are said to both be 19 years old
GETTY
The club are already supposedly talking about the 'next steps', but it's unclear if they've been suspended.
A club spokesman said: “As the matter is now in the hands of the police, the Football Club will not be making further comment at this stage.”
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The Premier League has been plagued by sex scandals in recent years
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It's the latest in a long line of sex scandals to have engulfed the Premier League in recent years.
Manchester United attacker Mason Greenwood was arrested for attempted rape, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour in 2022 before the charges against him were dropped.
Greenwood denied the allegations against him with the striker now out on loan with La Liga side Getafe.
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