Former soccer agent Jonathan Barnett is dealing with a sequence of significant allegations in the US. Barnett and his former company CAA have denied all allegations.
As reported by The Guardian, Barnett is being sued in civil courtroom in California by a girl accusing him of rape, torture and human trafficking. The unnamed lady claims that Barnett tortured her by protecting her as a intercourse slave for six years, throughout which he sexually assaulted her, raped her greater than 39 instances, and threatened the lives of her youngsters in addition to her personal.
The allegations say that the lady was trafficked from Australia to the UK in 2017, and that CAA (Artistic Artists Company), assisted in him in protecting her as a intercourse slave.
Barnett and CAA response
Barnett and CAA have denied the claims, and the previous’s legal professionals launched the next assertion from the 75-year-old.
“The claims made in [the] criticism in opposition to me don’t have any foundation in actuality and are unfaithful. We’ll vigorously defend this lawsuit by the suitable authorized course of. I’m trying ahead to being totally vindicated and exonerated.”
CAA say they first grew to become conscious of the allegations in January 2024, a month earlier than Barnett retired final yr.
“Whereas the criticism makes an attempt to attach these allegations to CAA’s enterprise, Ms Doe has by no means been an worker, guide, or contractor of CAA, ICM, or Stellar, nor has she ever had any enterprise connection to CAA, ICM, or Stellar,” they stated.
Alleged sufferer says CAA had been complicit
The alleged sufferer claims that CAA had been complicit by arranging lodging and making substantial funds to her between 2017 and 2023, saying that they ‘ought to have identified’. They first met Barnett within the Nineties, and reconnected in 2017 by way of LinkedIn.
The alleged sufferer then claims that Barnett inspired her to maneuver to London with the promise of a job, lodging and paid schooling for her to youngsters. After they met at a lodge within the British capital, Barnett allegedly raped her, and commenced making threats had been she to report the incident. Additional abuse included leaving the alleged sufferer tied up in a single day with out meals or water, demanding sexual movies, kicking her within the ribs and making her lick his sneakers.
Barnett brokered Gareth Bale’s agent to Actual Madrid
Barnett was a well known soccer agent, who based the Stellar Group, that had been purchased by ICM and finally acquired by CAA. His greatest consumer was former Actual Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur star Gareth Bale, negotiating a €101m transfer to the Santiago Bernabeu – on the time a world report payment. CAA at the moment have the likes of Omar Marmoush, Jack Grealish, Eduardo Camavinga, Ibrahima Konate, Alex Baena and Fermin Lopez on their books.