Police in Greater Manchester (northern England) announced on Tuesday that the man in his twenties arrested on Sunday for rape and whose identity they did not disclose, “has since been further arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and death threats”. Investigators have obtained an extension of the 20-year-old player’s custody. Greenwood was arrested and taken into custody Sunday afternoon on counts of rape and assault.
The police investigation was opened after images and videos were posted on social media showing a young woman with a bloody face and bruises on her body, with the caption “to anyone who wants to know what Mason Greenwood Really makes me. In a statement released on Tuesday, Greater Manchester Police wrote that “Investigators have been granted more time to speak to a man in his 20s who has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault of ‘a woman”.
“The interrogation continues”
“His interrogation continues after magistrates authorized the extension of his police custody until tomorrow, Wednesday February 2”, continues the police. “At this stage of the investigations, he has been arrested again on suspicion of sexual assault and death threats.”
In the hours following the first allegations against him on Sunday, Mason Greenwood, considered one of the rising stars of English football, was suspended until further notice from training and competition by his club. The equipment supplier Nike announced for its part that it had suspended the contract binding it with the player while the video game giant EA Sports announced that it had removed it from the active teams of the FIFA 22 game.
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