Former Arsenal Player Faces New Rape Allegations
Thomas Partey, a former Arsenal footballer, has pleaded not guilty to two new allegations of rape. The 32-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court, where he denied accusations of raping a woman twice in London in December 2020.
Partey transferred from Arsenal to Villarreal last summer. In July of the previous year, he was charged with five other counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. These charges relate to incidents alleged to have occurred in 2021 and 2022. Partey has also pleaded not guilty to those earlier charges.
The trial, which was originally scheduled for November of this year, may now be postponed until January 2027 due to the introduction of these new allegations.
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