Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to additional rape charges in Britain

Villarreal’s Thomas Partey appeared in court in London on Monday where he pleaded not guilty to two additional charges of rape.

Partey, a Ghanaian international, has previously denied five charges of rape involving two women, plus a charge of indecent assault on a third woman, between 2021 and 2022.

The 32-year-old midfielder was subsequently charged with two further offenses of rape in relation to a fourth complainant in December 2020, to which he pleaded not guilty at Southwark Crown Court.

The alleged offenses took place when Partey was playing for Premier League club Arsenal. He left the club last summer and signed for Spanish side Villarreal.

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Partey was released on bail ahead of his trial, which was due to start in November but may have been postponed.

Partey was signed by Arsenal from Atletico Madrid in 2020 for 50 million euros ($58.49 million) and became a key member of the England squad before his contract expired at the end of June.

Published on April 13, 2026