Andy Carroll, former England footballer, reveals in his new book that he was sexually assaulted by a 'celebrity mate' a few years ago. The attacker was later convicted of sexual offenses and sentenced to three years in prison. In the incident described, Carroll fell asleep naked after drinking at home with his friend who then sexually assaulted him while he was unconscious; he forcefully removed the perpetrator from his house before calling the police.
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Andy Carroll was sexually assaulted by a 'celebrity mate' who was later jailed for three years after a 'humiliating and horrendous' court case, the former England footballer has revealed.
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In a deeply candid passage in his new book, Owning It, the striker, 37, said he went through the 'traumatic' assault a few years ago, and only decided to detail the incident 'at the last minute' following lengthy discussions with his publisher.
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Andy, who played for England from 2010 to 2012, wrote: 'Other things I'd quite like to forget but can't, something happened to me a few years ago that was so traumatic I only decided to include it in this book at the very last minute.'
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'I was sexually assaulted, there I said it.
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Scary to even think about and only a few people knew about it before now.'
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The attacker was found guilty of sexual offences and sentenced to three years in prison.
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Andy explained he was assaulted the evening after a Newcastle United game when a 'celebrity mate' of his former partner invited himself round to watch a boxing match.
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Andy Carroll has revealed he was sexually assaulted in a 'traumatic' attack by a 'celebrity mate' who was later jailed for three years after 'humiliating and horrendous' court case
Andy, who played for England between 2010-2012, said he only decided to detail the incident 'at the last minute' following lengthy discussions with his publisher
Describing their relationship, he wrote: 'He was always asking me and my ex to go out with him and even buys me clothes.
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He is divorced with kids but I can't shift the feeling he likes me more than a platonic way.
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Whenever I bump into him at parties he is always with young boys.'
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He continued: 'I was playing down south somewhere and on my way home this guy texts to ask what I am up to.
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'When he texts again to ask if he can come round to watch the boxing with me, my partner tells me to stop pieing him off [putting him off].
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He takes over the kitchen, mixing drinks.
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I start to feel lightheaded and think has he slipped me something.
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"Right, time for bed," I say to him, "I'll order you a taxi."
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'"Oh no," he says, "I'll stay in the spare room."
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He then claims he awoke to the friend sexually assaulting him.
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I sleep naked and when I wake up this guy is under the duvet trying to give me a blowjob.'
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Andy went on to 'smack' him as he ordered him out the house.
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'I smack him as hard as I can and he hits the deck,' he writes.
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'I grab hold of his feet and drag him out on the driveway.
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I go back inside, lock the door and call the police and the nanny.
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And then it suddenly occurs to me, what if I killed him?
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'He regains consciousness just as the police turn up and immediately starts telling the policed I hit him for no reason.
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As it is the police arrest him and I have to go to the station as well.
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The attacker was later found guilty of sexual offences and sentenced to three years in prison.
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He was placed on the Sex Offender Register and banned from entering the village where Andy lived.
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Andy described the court case as 'humiliating and embarrassing and absolutely horrendous', while the attacker denied the allegations.
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'The case dragged on for two years.
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Nobody else knew about it other than my partner and her family and they gave me no support whatsoever.
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'The police called me to say he had been found guilty and I started uncontrollably crying.'
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He added: 'What happened to me affected every facet of my life.
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I’d think about it every day, making it difficult to focus on anything else, including football…
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The trauma of what happened to me hasn’t gone away.'
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After speaking with girlfriend Lou Teasdale, 42, he decided opening up about being assaulted would be 'worth it' if it helped others.
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'Me and Lou spent a lot of time discussing whether to mention it in this book or not.
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I avoided my publisher for so long that they probably suspected I got cold feet.
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'Scary to talk about but it's made the person I am today as much as any of the good stuff.
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And if me talking about it helps just one person then good it will have been worth it.
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Andy had reportedly vowed to cut down on alcohol in a bid to save his relationship with Lou Teasdale (pictured), as he confirmed the pair were trying 'to work through their difficulties'
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…and 20 more, not listed.
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