The Ghana worldwide, who left Arsenal this summer time, has been charged with sexual assaults on three girls.
Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has been granted conditional bail after showing in a London courtroom on rape and sexual assault fees.
The 32-year-old Ghana worldwide has been charged with 5 counts of rape in opposition to two girls and one depend of sexual assault in opposition to a 3rd girl.
The alleged offences happened between 2021 and 2022, when he was an Arsenal participant.
Partey was charged on July 4, 4 days after leaving the Gunners when his contract expired on the finish of June.
The midfielder stood along with his arms behind his again within the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom on Tuesday, carrying a black zip-neck jumper.
The footballer confirmed no response as the costs have been learn out and was not requested to enter any pleas.
Partey’s lawyer, Jenny Wiltshire, beforehand stated Partey “denies all the costs in opposition to him”, including he welcomed “the chance to lastly clear his identify”.
Beneath his bail situations, he can not contact any of the three girls and should notify police of any everlasting adjustments of handle or worldwide journey.
Experiences in current days have linked Partey with a transfer to La Liga membership Villarreal.
As bail situations have been mentioned in courtroom, Chief Justice of the Peace Paul Goldspring stated: “I perceive he’s now not employed on this nation and enjoying in Spain now.”
Partey is because of seem at London’s Previous Bailey courtroom on September 2.
A spokesperson for Arsenal Supporters In opposition to Sexual Violence stated the group was “profoundly dissatisfied” within the London membership over their dealing with of the matter.
Talking exterior courtroom, Honor Barber advised the PA information company: “We by no means wished to be in a scenario the place the membership that we love and the membership that has values that we imagine in was enjoying, week-in, week-out, a participant who’s now going through courtroom appearances on six counts of sexual violence.
“We protested exterior virtually each dwelling sport final season as a result of we wished to disrupt the wall of silence that the membership has put up round this problem.”
Barber stated the group wished the membership to publish their sexual violence insurance policies, “droop anybody beneath investigation for sexual offences” and “correctly help the survivors”.
British police stated they first obtained experiences of an allegation of rape in February 2022.
Partey joined Arsenal for 45 million kilos ($60m) from Atletico Madrid in October 2020.
He appeared 52 occasions for the Gunners final season, scoring 4 targets. Total, he performed 167 video games for the membership, scoring 9 occasions.
Partey has additionally made 51 appearances for Ghana.
An Arsenal spokesman beforehand stated: “The participant’s contract ended on June 30. Because of ongoing authorized proceedings, the membership is unable to touch upon the case.”