Overview
- Police have charged Raheem Sterling with dangerous driving, possession of nitrous oxide for inhalation and refusing to provide a sample following a single-vehicle crash on 28 May.
- He is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on 15 September to face the allegations.
- No one was injured when Sterling's Lamborghini hit a crash barrier, and he was briefly detained on suspicion of driving under the influence before being released on bail.
- If convicted on the charged offences he could face up to two years in prison and the possession count refers to nitrous oxide intended for inhalation rather than a fuel or technical use.
- The case comes as Sterling, 31, remains without a club after spells at Chelsea and Feyenoord and has been described by a close source as having endured “extremely difficult years,” a factor likely to intensify scrutiny of his career and wellbeing.