He was arrested, I think he was held in custody for a couple of weeks even if I remember correctly.
Indeed, it looked very bad for him at one point.
I think one key difference is that happened in 2005. I donât think it even got that much media attention. No way that would be way things went now.
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I donât think he can be written off completely yet until the facts come out and he is actually proven guilty. Look at Bissouma, he was recently cleared of all wrong doing, he continued to play for Brighton and now is a Spurs player.
Yes, itâs fucking shit that this has happened and if he is guilty, he deserves to be locked up for a very long time. But lets face it footballers are an easy target as well. Letâs wait and see what happens.
What happened in the end with that? Did Miss Nigeria drop the charges? Or was there not enough evidence to convict?
Oh really??
I guess thereâs hope although as Leper says that was before #MeToo
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Bissouma was never charged with any crime. He was just arrested, and subsequently cleared.
Right now they are in the same boat, but if Partey is charged with a crime then it becomes very different.
Plus the natures of the crime are miles apart.
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His punishment was having to join spurs
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I saw a post a couple of days ago (originally from Instagram) on Twitter that likely had the person who made the allegations against the player. It was dated November last year. The tweet has now been deleted⌠They werenât happy that the player was still playing for his team.
Shit is serious!
So the player and club knew about allegations against him last autumn and he thinks raping another girl in 2022 is a good idea. In for a penny in for a pound I guess.
So there was an incident back in April 2021 which is being investigated
Three incidents. There was an incident in April and June 2021, but that probably didnât lead to an arrest. The third incident happened in Marbella and was reported when the person arrived back in the UK. That triggered the initial arrest.
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Ugh. This sounds bad. The last thing any club needs is to be in a position where they were aware of those allegations (even if they didnât lead to a formal arrest). Youâd think that any professional club would have done their due diligence if information like that comes up. You donât want an Andy Polo situation unfolding.
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So the club should hire investigators and know more than the police when the police clearly didnt have enough evidence to file charges at the time?
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What due diligence? You get accused of something and it amounts to nothing, what are you meant to do?
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This comment is abhorrent and quite simply unacceptable on this or any other public forum.
I really think a Mod shoudl look at this and remove @BigWeng_4LYFE from this forum. I am absolutely disgusted by his behaviour and conduct here. He has to go!
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These clubs absolutely have law firms on retainer to conduct investigations.
When I say do their âdue diligenceâ I mean look into the allegations and make a decision about what to do. In the USA, for example, it would be the league itself looking into the allegations independent of any police conduct (i.e.: Deshaun Watson).
Iâm not saying a club should automatically suspend a player if allegations surface but a club has to at least look into it.
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As unfair as is it might seem a club is in a very difficult situation.
Your in the entertainment and wider sports environment.
You have certain obligations to your community, sponsors, tv money and fanbase.
We run a womens football team. Itâs a very precarious position for any club in this position.
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Fair enough but that is then assuming that the club didnât look into it. They may have looked into it and decided that on the balance of probabilities there wasnât a need for further action. We can assume the police were looking into it and decided to take no further action tooâŚ
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So allegations were made last year that the club was aware of. But he wasnât arrested or charged with anything so the club presumably decided that he hadnât done anything wrong / backed him.
However, the new allegations have led to an arrest which is why itâs different now.
We all want this to be resolved ASAP. Either throw the cunt in jail or clear his name. But this is going to drag on.
If he is guilty and the club is made aware of this (after reviewing the facts of the case, through speaking to his counsel and their own etc) then youâd hope they act immediately and get him the fuck out. But Iâm sure theyâll take their time to review and consider the situation - it wonât be a decision taken lightly or in anger. Means this will be a distraction for some time to come.
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