Ex-Gareth Bale agent accused of rape, torture and human trafficking

Former soccer agent Jonathan Barnett is going through a collection of significant allegations in the USA. Barnett and his former company CAA have denied all allegations.

As reported by The Guardian, Barnett is being sued in civil court docket in California by a lady accusing him of rape, torture and human trafficking. The unnamed lady claims that Barnett tortured her by preserving 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 girl was trafficked from Australia to the UK in 2017, and that CAA (Artistic Artists Company), assisted in him in preserving her as a intercourse slave.

Barnett and CAA response

Barnett and CAA have denied the claims, and the previous’s attorneys launched the next assertion from the 75-year-old.

“The claims made in [the] grievance towards 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 wanting ahead to being fully vindicated and exonerated.”

CAA say they first turned conscious of the allegations in January 2024, a month earlier than Barnett retired final 12 months.

“Whereas the grievance makes an attempt to attach these allegations to CAA’s enterprise, Ms Doe has by no means been an worker, marketing consultant, or contractor of CAA, ICM, or Stellar, nor has she ever had any enterprise connection to CAA, ICM, or Stellar,” they mentioned.

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 training for her to youngsters. After they met at a resort within the British capital, Barnett allegedly raped her, and started 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 footwear.

Barnett brokered Gareth Bale’s agent to Actual Madrid

Barnett was a widely known soccer agent, who based the Stellar Group, that had been purchased by ICM and finally acquired by CAA. His greatest shopper 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.