Ex-Arsenal player Partey in UK court charged with rape, sexual assault

Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey, who has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, walks outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, in London, Britain, August 5, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

LONDON (Reuters) -Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with raping two women while he was a player for the English Premier League soccer club.

Partey, a Ghana international, is accused of five counts of rape relating to two women, plus a charge of sexual assault against a third woman, between April 2021 and June 2022.