{"id":15892,"date":"2025-12-02T04:31:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T04:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/former-england-and-premier-league-star-arrested-at-airport-for-attempted-rape\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T04:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T04:31:34","slug":"former-england-and-premier-league-star-arrested-at-airport-for-attempted-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/former-england-and-premier-league-star-arrested-at-airport-for-attempted-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Former England and Premier League star arrested at airport for attempted rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_0292ec\" data-testid=\"leadtext\" publication=\"mirror\">A former Premier League and England star was reportedly arrested at Stansted Airport on suspicion of attempted rape before boarding his flight after Border Force intervention.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span data-testid=\"byline-content\" class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">December 1, 2025, 22:34<\/span><span class=\"Byline_updated-date__8vEV8 Byline_updated-date-with-published__ApG_G\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated December 1, 2025 22:59<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36336479\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36336479.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_GettyImages-162826937.jpg\" alt=\"A former England Premier League player was arrested at Stansted Airport on Sunday.\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36336479.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_GettyImages-162826937.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36336479.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_GettyImages-162826937.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36336479.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-162826937.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageEmbed_fig-caption__qotOK\"><span class=\"ImageEmbed_camera-style__Qjeby\"><\/span><span class=\"ImageEmbed_caption-title__FSINC\">The former Premier League and England international was reportedly arrested at Stansted Airport on Sunday.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">A former Premier League and England footballer has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of attempted rape after being detained at Stansted Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The Sun newspaper reported that the former Premier League star was stopped at the airport&#8217;s passport control. It is claimed that his details are understood to show he was wanted by police for an attempted rape recently reported by his ex-partner. On Sunday night, a Border Force guard stopped him before he boarded the plane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Officers from Essex Police were alerted and headed to Stansted Airport to arrest the suspect. He was driven to a local police station where fingerprints, a DNA sample and a photograph of his face were taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The person was detained for several hours and then released on bail pending further questioning. 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