Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been released on bail after a private court hearing on charges of attempted rape and other offences.
The 21-year-old was originally arrested in January and has not played for the Manchester club in the last ten months.
Greenwood was arrested again on Saturday and charged with attempted rape, assault and coercive and controlling behaviour, The Guardian reports.
The young man appeared in Manchester magistrates’ court following the charge, where a judge rejected his request to be released on bail and, by that time, he had spent two nights in cells.
However, in a private hearing at Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court on Wednesday, Judge John Potter granted Greenwood bail on a number of conditions.
According to The Guardian, the Man United footballer is unable to contact witnesses, including the complainant, and must reside in Bowdon, near Altrincham in Greater Manchester.
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Greenwood is expected to be released from prison on Wednesday after spending a total of four nights in custody.
The charges against Mason Greenwood are one count of attempted rape, said to have taken place on October 22, 2021, and one count of assault causing actual bodily harm in December 2021, The Guardian reports.
He is also accused of “repeatedly engaging” in coercive and controlling behavior, which allegedly included monitoring the author’s social media accounts and “making threats and derogatory comments towards her, amounting to a serious effect on her.”
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