12/02/2009
Premier League Footballer Charged With Sexual Assault
A Premier League footballer has been charged with sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman at a nightclub in London.
Marlon King, 28, who is on loan to Middlesbrough from Wigan Athletic, is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman at the Soho Revue Bar in Brewer Street, central London, on December 7.
He has also been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The woman received hospital treatment for a broken nose and a split lip.
At the time of the alleged incident King was on loan to Hull City.
King was arrested on December 10 following an incident at the bar - formerly Raymond Revue Bar. He was bailed to return to a police station.
After being charged the striker was released on bail again to appear at City of Westminster magistrates court on February 25.
(JM/BMcC)
Marlon King, 28, who is on loan to Middlesbrough from Wigan Athletic, is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman at the Soho Revue Bar in Brewer Street, central London, on December 7.
He has also been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The woman received hospital treatment for a broken nose and a split lip.
At the time of the alleged incident King was on loan to Hull City.
King was arrested on December 10 following an incident at the bar - formerly Raymond Revue Bar. He was bailed to return to a police station.
After being charged the striker was released on bail again to appear at City of Westminster magistrates court on February 25.
(JM/BMcC)
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