08 January 2025 , 17:03
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A Premier League star accused of rape could face criminal charges after police passed his file to prosecutors.
The footballer has been accused of raping three women and sexual offences against a fourth between April 2021 and February 2023.
He has not been suspended by his club while the investigation is ongoing and remains on a full salary.
It has now emerged the Met Police has passed a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service, who will now weigh up whether to charge him.
The development comes after the footballer was last year interviewed under caution over an alleged sexual offence relating to a third woman.
He remains under police investigation for those alleged sexual offences between 2021 and 2023.
The star then returned to a police station in November last year following a rape claim from a fourth woman.
He was first held in July 2022 after police swooped on a home in North London.
His first alleged victim, in her 20s, claimed she was raped during a break in the Med in June.
She fled the five-star resort she was staying in and flew home to her friends and family, it is said.
The woman is understood to have spoken to police on her return to the UK and showed photos she claimed highlighted bruising on her body after the alleged attack.
After his initial arrest, he was later re-arrested on suspicion of two more reported rapes from April and June 2021.
The June allegation was later dropped by police.
A Met Police said: “Met officers are investigating following a number of reports of alleged sexual offences between 2021 and 2023.
“A full file has been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and detectives continue to work with prosecutors.
“Those who have come forward to police continue to receive support from Met officers.”