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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