Shock in the Premier League upon learning that an English league footballer was interrogated on November 7, accused of allegedly raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourthwhile a fifth person reported controlling behavior from the player.
According to the British network BBC, an English Premier League footballer was questioned by the police, who continue to investigate three cases of alleged rape and another of sexual assault between 2021 and 2023. However, The player, whose name and club he belongs to is unknown, continues playing.
The British network reported that the player attended interrogation at a police station last Thursday, November 7, and was questioned, marking the first time that he was questioned about an accusation of rape reported last year by a fourth woman.
The footballer He was first arrested on suspicion of rape in July 2022following a complaint from a woman, and he was arrested again shortly after for a previous complaint of rape by a second woman, who reported him in August 2021. But his visits to the police station did not end there, as he underwent another interrogation in February 2023 after a third woman reported him for alleged sexual assault. The player has denied all the facts.
The inaction of the club, FA and Premier affects the victims
In testimonies collected by the BBC, one of the women confessed that she thought about taking her own life when she saw the inaction of the club, the Premier League and the English Football Federation (FA). “I didn’t want to live in a world where I was constantly reminded that rape accusations can be ignored as long as you are talented enough», he explained.
«This investigation, my only chance to obtain justice, has exhausted me physically and mentally, the longer this investigation drags on, the more my trust in the system fades», told the BBC another woman who first reported the footballer in August 2021 and is still waiting for the result of the police investigation.
The victims told the BBC last November that the club, the FA and the Premier League They prioritize commercial interests over women’s safety. The BBC investigation even found that 7 of the 20 Premier League clubs have had players or employees investigated by police for sexual offenses since 2020.
Furthermore, as reported by the British network, one of the complainants wrote “desperately” to the club, the Premier and the FA, but they did not show support or help. The team told him he couldn’t talk about his accusations for legal reasons; the competition referred it to the FA; and it assured him by email that it could not take “any measure” as it was not contemplated in its regulations.
The FA argued that there was “no evidence” to suggest the player “posed a risk of harm to children or adults in danger.” «They hid behind their lack of policies, knowing that the rules they had put in place were meant to protect profits, not victims», criticized the woman.
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