Overview

• A Crown Court appearance listed for today at the Old Bailey was adjourned without explanation, with new dates reported as either 15 September or 17 September.
• The rescheduled hearing falls immediately around Villarreal’s Champions League game at Tottenham on 16 September, creating a direct timing clash.
• Partey is charged with five counts of rape involving two women and one count of sexual assault involving a third, relating to alleged incidents in 2021–22.
• Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward KC described one count as a multi‑incident allegation between 19 April and 19 June 2021 involving at least four occasions.
• He was granted conditional bail after an earlier magistrates’ court appearance, with restrictions on contacting the complainants, and has since joined Villarreal and made substitute appearances as some supporters protested.