Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi was arrested on suspicion of rape after a woman he invited to his home was taken to hospital.
The 19-year-old has been released on bail and is due to return to a police station in June.
The woman, who is understood to have met Hudson-Odoi online, called police and ambulance services in the early hours of Sunday morning and was taken to hospital after reporting that she had been raped.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: ‘Police and London Ambulance Service were called at 03:53hrs on Sunday, 17 May to a report of an unwell woman.
‘When emergency services attended, a woman reported that she was raped. She was taken to hospital.
‘A man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of rape. He was released from custody and bailed to return on a date in mid-June.’
According to a report in The Sun, Hudson-Odoi breached lockdown guidelines by arranging private transport for the woman to travel to his home.
The report also claims that Hudson-Odoi and the woman had exchanged ‘flirty’ messages.
A neighbour told The Sun that the woman arrived at Hudson-Odoi’s home on Saturday evening and added: ‘She looked very glamorous, like the sort of girl you’d see on Love Island.’
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In March, Hudson-Odoi was the first English footballer to announce that he had contracted coronavirus.
Around three weeks later, the England international confirmed that he had made a full recovery.
‘I am feeling perfect,’ he said.
‘I had the virus which has cleared now. I fully feel good, I feel fit, so I am feeling back to myself so it is all good.
‘I had it three weeks ago now I think, on a Monday when I felt a bit hot and I was thinking this is a bit unusual, why do I feel this hot.
‘The next day I was feeling back to normal. I thought it was just a minor temperature thing, but obviously it wasn’t. I said to myself this wasn’t actually that bad, the symptoms, and I said to myself I feel good, I feel better.’
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