In a separate document, the woman admitted through her legal team that she had sexual intercourse with the man when she was 17, but “expressly denied” that she “readily agreed” to the cash-for-sex arrangement, and added that she believed he would “provide her with a career” if she “complied with his sexual demands”.
In court filings, first reported by The Athletic and seen by the PA news agency, lawyers for the woman claimed that the figure “was aware” that the woman was 15 at the time of the alleged rape, and that the “disgusting and traumatising” experience left her “inevitably humiliated and stigmatised”.
The man, who works in the Premier League but is protected by a court anonymity order, is being sued for damages by a woman for rape and sexual assault, which allegedly took place at his home in the 1990s when she was 15.
They alleged the incident took place after she was dropped off at the man’s home by her parents and that afterwards, he gave her “£150 in three £50 notes” which left her feeling “inevitably violated and ashamed”.
They admitted that the pair had a “cash for sex” arrangement while the woman was aged 16 or 17, but that she “continued to enjoy a friendship” with him for many years.
