Overview

• The Old Bailey appearance scheduled for Tuesday was adjourned without explanation, with reports placing the new date in mid-September at a London Crown Court.
• Partey faces five counts of rape involving two women and one count of sexual assault involving a third woman, alleged to have occurred in 2021–2022.
• Prosecutor Jocelyn Ledward KC said one charge is a multi-incident allegation spanning 19 April to 19 June 2021 on at least four occasions.
• His bail bars contact with the three complainants and requires police notification of address changes or international travel, and his lawyer says he denies all charges.
• After leaving Arsenal and signing for Villarreal, he has made substitute appearances as his move drew protests and boos; Villarreal are due to play Tottenham on 16 September.