"Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey intends to plead not guilty to two new charges of rape, his lawyer told a London court on Friday. The 32-year-old Ghana midfielder, who now plays for Spanish club Villarreal, is separately awaiting trial on five counts of rape related to two women and one count of sexual assault involving a third woman."
"The new charges were brought after a different woman alleged Partey twice raped her on the same day in December 2020. According to a court hearing on Friday, the new allegations arose after the first set of charges were publicised."
"Partey pleaded not guilty to the first set of charges and faces trial in November at Southwark Crown Court. Those alleged offences were between 2021 and 2022, prosecutors have said."
Thomas Partey, a 32-year-old Ghana midfielder now playing for Villarreal, intends to plead not guilty to two new rape charges. A woman alleged he raped her twice on the same day in December 2020. These new charges emerged after the initial allegations became public. Partey faces a separate trial in November at Southwark Crown Court on five rape counts involving two women and one sexual assault count involving a third woman, with alleged offences occurring between 2021 and 2022. He was initially charged last July after leaving Arsenal, and Villarreal signed him two days after he received bail. The next court hearing is scheduled for April 10.
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