A BOSS of a Premier League football club has been quizzed under caution over a historical allegation of rape, we can reveal.
The well-known football figure raped a teenage girl a number of years ago, it is being alleged.
Met Police detectives first received a crime report about the claim 21 months ago.
The Prem boss named over the attack voluntarily attended a police station with his solicitor on Monday.
He was interviewed under caution but not arrested.
Further enquiries are being carried out before a decision is made whether to charge him or take no further action.
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The Met Police said: “On Thursday, September 23, 2021, the Met received a crime report regarding an historic rape allegation.
“On Monday, June 12, a man was interviewed under caution at a police station.’’
The Sun is unable to identify the man for legal reasons. It is understood he denies the rape claim.
One source told The Sun: “He is shocked by the allegation and totally refutes it.”
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The accused man is said to have met the complainant when she applied to work for an organisation he was involved with at the time.
The source stressed it had no connection to the Premier League club the man is currently involved with.
They added: “The allegation goes back quite a few years when the complainant met the suspect after she applied for a job at a place he was involved with.
“She was a teenage girl at the time and is now a mature woman.”
Former Met Det Supt Michael Hames, a specialist sex crimes investigator, said: “With historic complaints in general, you lose potential evidence which could have been obtained earlier.
“Very often it becomes one person’s word against another’s.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
