Ex-Arsenal player Thomas Partey pleads not guilty to additional rape charges
Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to two additional rape allegations relating an unnamed woman.
The Ghana international appeared at the Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday where he denied raping the woman twice in December 2020 after he was officially charged last month.
Before the two latest charges, Partey was already facing five previous charges of rape and one count of sexual assault over accusations of sexual crimes against three women dating back to 2021 and 2022 while playing for Arsenal.
The 32-year-old also pleaded not guilty to those allegations.
He was scheduled to go on trial in November this year but that could be pushed to January 2027 after Judge Tony Baumgartner agreed that the cases should be tried together.
Partey is still on bail and has continued to play for La Liga side Villarreal since leaving Arsenal at the end of the 2024/25 season.
Meanwhile, he is next due in court for a pre-trial hearing on May 14.
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