Ghanaian footballer Thomas Partey, whose contract has just ended at the beginning of the month with the English club Arsenal, was charged for five rapes out of two women and for sexual assault on a third, British police announced on Friday. The facts would have occurred between 2021 and 2022.
According to the press release sent by the Metropolitan Police, this charges follows an investigation started in 2022, after the police received a first report for rape. Thomas Parte will appear before the Westminster Court of First Instance on August 5, the British police say.
In a press release quoted by Sky News, the player’s lawyer Jenny Wiltshire, said: “Thomas Party denies all the charges against him. He has fully cooperated with the police throughout their three -year investigation. He is now delighted to finally be able to wash his honor. ” According to the British media, the player was already arrested for the first time in July 2022. However, he was not appointed publicly on this date. He then continued to play for Arsenal during the investigation.
Born in Krobo Odumase, Ghana, in June 1993, Thomas Parte began his career in Spain, mainly at Atletico Madrid, in 2015. He played 188 games for the Spanish club, contributing to victory in the Europa League in 2018 and in Liga in 2021, reports the British newspaper The Guardian.
He then joined Arsenal in 2020, who then broke his piggy bank to join the Ghanaian services for 50 million euros. Among the Gunners, nickname of the London club, it was one of the major elements of the Mikel Arteta team, as a defensive midfielder and sometimes as a side back, where it was used according to the injuries of his teammates. He himself experienced several injuries that chopped his adventure in northern London. His contract finally ended on June 30 with the English club, which did not renew it.
