Overview
- The former Liverpool winger is charged with possessing or controlling an article for use in fraud tied to alleged false prescriptions.
- Prosecutors allege two attempts to obtain the sleep drug zolpidem at a London pharmacy on May 24 and May 28, 2024, with a prescription seized on the second visit.
- Ibe did not appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court after his solicitor said he had been unaware of the listing.
- The court said a video-link appearance could be considered next time, subject to agreement from UK and Bulgarian authorities.
- Ibe, 30, who now plays for Lokomotiv Sofia, has not entered a plea, and the charge letter was sent to his Southwark family home shortly before Christmas.