Partey pleads not guilty to additional rape charges

Thomas Partey pleaded not guilty to previous charges at Southwark Crown Court in September

Thomas Partey pleaded not guilty to previous charges at Southwark Crown Court in September

Villarreal soccer player Thomas Partey appeared in a London court on ​Monday where he pleaded not guilty ‌to two additional charges of rape.

Partey, a Ghana international, has previously denied five counts of rape ​relating to two women, plus a ​charge of sexual assault against a third woman, between 2021 and 2022.

The ​32-year-old midfielder was subsequently charged with two ​further offences of rape relating to a fourth complainant in December 2020, to which he pleaded ​not guilty at Southwark Crown Court.

The ​alleged offences took place when Partey played for Premier ‌League soccer club Arsenal. He left the club last summer and signed for Spain’s Villarreal.

Partey was released on bail ahead of his ​trial, which ​was due to start in November but could be delayed.

Partey was signed ​by Arsenal from Atletico Madrid​for 50 million euros ($58.49 million) in 2020 and became a key member of the English side’s ​first team, before his ​contract expired at the end of June.

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