 Soccer
Boss/Porn Baron
David Sullivan
Denies Sexual
Harassment
Allegations
Soccer boss David
Sullivan admitted he
had been "sexually
touching" a woman
who pressed charges
against him for
sexual assault.
Sullivan was
arrested on Tuesday
afternoon. A
25-year-old claimed
she had been
molested at his
house the previous
evening.
Mr Sullivan
voluntarily attended
a police station
close to his home in
Theydon Bois, Essex,
with his solicitor,
according to the
London Sun
Newspaper.
He said: “I refute
all the allegations.
The allegation is
that I touched
somebody. The
question is, ‘Did
you touch with
consent or without?’
“My argument is that
it was with
consent.”
He further added:
Mr Sullivan added:
“I’m a rich person
so I’m a target for
this sort of thing.
That is the world we
live in.”
Three months ago he
was questioned by
police in connection
with the soccer
“bungs” probe.
He denied any
wrongdoing then too.
In 1993, Sullivan
bought into
Birmingham City F.C.
with David Gold and
Ralph Gold.
However, in 2007
Sullivan expressed
his desire to sell
his share in the
club. Gold stated he
had three reasons
for why he wanted to
leave. "One, the
geographical
distance. I've said
for years the
journey to
Birmingham is
killing me. Two, I
think deep down the
public have had
enough of us. They
think we should have
mortgaged our houses
to buy more players
to compete with
Chelsea and Arsenal.
The honeymoon is
long over and we're
at the divorce stage
now, unfortunately.
And I also feel
we've had no support
from Birmingham
council."
In April 2008,
Sullivan and
Birmingham City F.C.
managing director
Karren Brady were
released on bail
after being arrested
by City of London
Police and
questioned on
suspicion of
conspiracy to
defraud and false
accounting in
connection with an
ongoing
investigation of
alleged corruption
in English football.
Sullivan may be
better known as a
"porn baron".
By the mid-1970s
Sullivan was in
control of half of
the adult magazine
market.[1] In the
late 1970s he
produced several
low-budget British
sex movies including
Come Play with Me
(1977) (directed by
Harrison Marks), The
Playbirds (1978),
Confessions from the
David Galaxy Affair
(1979) and Queen of
the Blues (1979),
all starring his
then-girlfriend Mary
Millington. After
Mary's suicide in
August 1979 he went
on to produce Mary
Millington's True
Blue Confessions
(1980) and
Emmanuelle in Soho
(1981).
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 Alistair
Prescott,
Gambling911.com
Originally published
July 3, 2008 12:14
am EST
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