Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey pleads not guilty to two new rape allegations

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Thomas Partey, who left Arsenal last summer, is set to stand trial in November amid multiple allegations of rape

Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to two new allegations of rape.

The Villarreal midfielder, 32, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Monday to deny twice raping a woman in London on a day in December 2020. The two new rape charges were announced in February this year. Partey was charged in July last year with five counts of rape and one allegation of sexual assault, dating back to 2021 and 2022.

The Ghana international previously pleaded not guilty to those charges, and a trial was set for November this year. At the hearing on Monday, Judge Tony Baumgartner, the Recorder of Westminster, agreed for all the allegations to be tried together.

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