bigtoga
03 Oct 2003, 11:04 AM
Its terrible, I know, and I'm sorry to bring this up in the Chelsea forum but I read this morning that one of those invovled in the alleged rape scandal is a Chelsea player. I'm American and have *no* idea whether the Standard is a worthwhile rag or not so please don't shoot the messenger. I'm trying to find out - if this a reputable story/newspaper?
Here's the gist of it that I got from rednews.co.uk:
26] From the Evening Standard
Friday, October 3, 2003
'One of the Premiership footballers at the centre of allegations over the rape of a teenager is a Chelsea player, it was claimed today.
The 17-year-old girl claims she agreed to sex with him before seven players from another club, including an England international, came into the room and forced themselves on her.
Police are believed to be on the verge of questioning the Chelsea player in order to decide whether he is a suspect or a witness.
A police source is reported to have said: "What he has to say is very important and he could become the star witness."
Detectives are still waiting for the results of DNA tests taken from the girl, a sixthformer at a London Catholic school, and on items from the hotel room.
Meanwhile, the England star who has been linked with the allegations has been fined £90,000 by his club.
His bosses are said to be furious he become embroiled in the fiasco even though he claims to have an alibi - that he was in bed with another woman at the time of the alleged rape. His manager is understood to have called him a "village idiot" for getting caught up in the allegations.
There's more but you can read it yourself if you want at
http://www.rednews.co.uk/
Here's the gist of it that I got from rednews.co.uk:
26] From the Evening Standard
Friday, October 3, 2003
'One of the Premiership footballers at the centre of allegations over the rape of a teenager is a Chelsea player, it was claimed today.
The 17-year-old girl claims she agreed to sex with him before seven players from another club, including an England international, came into the room and forced themselves on her.
Police are believed to be on the verge of questioning the Chelsea player in order to decide whether he is a suspect or a witness.
A police source is reported to have said: "What he has to say is very important and he could become the star witness."
Detectives are still waiting for the results of DNA tests taken from the girl, a sixthformer at a London Catholic school, and on items from the hotel room.
Meanwhile, the England star who has been linked with the allegations has been fined £90,000 by his club.
His bosses are said to be furious he become embroiled in the fiasco even though he claims to have an alibi - that he was in bed with another woman at the time of the alleged rape. His manager is understood to have called him a "village idiot" for getting caught up in the allegations.
There's more but you can read it yourself if you want at
http://www.rednews.co.uk/