Three British footballers have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a teenager in Ibiza. Karlan Ahearne-Grant and Reeco Hackett Fairchild were arrested by police on Tuesday, and a third unnamed player was held yesterday.
Ahearne-Grant and Hackett Fairchild, both 20, appeared in court today. The three men reportedly play for Charlton Athletic FC. All were allegedly arrested after the teenager’s parents took her to police to lodge a formal complaint.
The alleged sex attack, described locally as a rape, took place at an unnamed hotel in Cala de Bou near San Antonio.
The 19-year-old holidaymaker and a female friend are said to have met the footballers at a bar on Monday and agreed to go back to their hotel with them.
Detectives have been told one of the players forced himself on the holidaymaker while the other held her down and a third filmed what was happening on a mobile phone. National Police in Ibiza who made the arrests have yet to comment officially on the latest detention.
The players, who were on holiday in Ibiza, were quizzed by an investigating magistrate today. The magistrate could either dismiss the case, remand the men in custody or release them on bail.
In the only Spanish police statement so far on the matter, a Spanish National Police spokesman said: ‘National Police officers arrested two English men on Tuesday in San Jose in Ibiza as the suspected authors of a sex attack. ‘The parents of the 19-year-old victim, who is also British, reported the incident to police.
‘National Police officers went to the hotel where those allegedly responsible for the sex attack were staying, and subsequently arrested two men.’
The first two arrests are understood to have happened around 6.40am on Tuesday. A Charlton Athletic spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘The club have been made aware and are looking into this matter. Due to the ongoing investigation we will not be commenting any further at this stage.’
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