Marlin "Millionaire" King

[Minder78]

Footballer Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting a woman - and has been sacked by Premier League club Wigan Athletic as a result.

The striker was repeatedly "cold-shouldered" by the 20-year-old student in a bar in central London last December, Southwark Crown Court heard.

He groped her and then punched her, leaving her with a broken nose.

The father-of-three, from Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, had insisted it was a case of mistaken identity.

The jury returned a unanimous verdict, however, and King was convicted of sexually assaulting the woman and causing actual bodily harm.

The assault happened at the Soho Revue Bar at a time when he was on loan with Hull City.

King was celebrating two occasions - his wife's latest pregnancy and the scoring of a winning goal - with a night out in the West End.

He was repeatedly "cold-shouldered" by women in the bar, the court heard.

'Gratuitous violence'

Prosecution lawyer Roger Daniells-Smith said King had struck up a conversation with his victim by saying: "Don't you know who I am? I'm a millionaire."

The court heard she replied: "I don't care who you are; take your millionaire self away from our table."

He groped the woman and she told him: "Don't do that, it's not nice. Don't touch me."

King was warned off her again but he continued to stroke the woman's hair and then told her she was not in his league, the court heard.

After she pushed him in the chest, King lost his temper and a moment of "completely gratuitous violence" led to him "smashing" the victim to the floor, jurors were told.

Two other people standing beside him were also knocked away as a result of the force of the blow he inflicted.

Several witnesses testified that King was responsible, despite his denial.

They included a football coach who insisted the 29-year-old Jamaican international was the assailant.

Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan said King "was finished with football" at the club.

"We have to follow the rules and regulations, which means we will have to give him 40 days' notice that his contract will be cancelled," he told Sky Sports News.

"He is absolutely sacked. We will not tolerate football players who get sent to jail for 18 months."

[ManxRed]

Wonder what Collymore will have to say about this on his show?

[domlfc]

"He is absolutely sacked. We will not tolerate football players who get sent to jail for 18 months."

 

WTF, think Dave Whelan should be saying something more along the lines of we will not tolerate football players smashing women to the floor, unreal. Nice to see King get at least what he deserved

Edited October 29, 2009 by domlfc

[Rimbeux]

Regardless of the wording, Whelan has done absolutely the right thing here, something beyond Newcastle and Man City it seems

[domlfc]

Regardless of the wording, Whelan has done absolutely the right thing here, something beyond Newcastle and Man City it seems

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[aka Dus]

Scumbag.

 

I remember when Ireland were considering calling him up to the national team (he had/has an Irish passport for some reason) about 2001. I think he was playing for Gillingham at the time. Then he got done for handling stolen BMWs and so they swerved him.

[muleskinner]

He'll get another contract sorted whilst he's inside and be back playing before next Christmas.

[Jacks Jackie Jackson]

"He is absolutely sacked. We will not tolerate football players who get sent to jail for 18 months."

 

What a hypocrite! King had previously been sentenced to 18 months before signing for Wigan so why has Whelan changed his tune now? It wouldn't be because he can save on King's salary, would it?

[CarraLegend]

Regardless of the wording, Whelan has done absolutely the right thing here, something beyond Newcastle and Man City it seems

 

Easy to when the player is hopeless and you want him off the wage bill mind.

[stressederic]

He'll get another contract sorted whilst he's inside and be back playing before next Christmas.

 

The Lee Hughes effect.

[muleskinner]

The Lee Hughes effect.

 

Thats the one.

[Billy Talbot]

The Lee Hughes effect.

 

It wouldn't suprise me if he ended up at Notts County to be honest.

[muleskinner]

Thats the one.

 

I knwo what stressederic meant but it was Oldham who signed Hughes from the nick, he is having a good season for Notts County now after being released by Oldham. The murdering c***.

 

He apparently became a Muslim when he was inside.

[fyds]

I knwo what stressederic meant but it was Oldham who signed Hughes from the nick, he is having a good season for Notts County now after being released by Oldham. The murdering c***.

 

He apparently became a Muslim when he was inside.

When our stiffs played them pre-season Hughes was still clearly a nasty little c*nt.

[Dmitch]

what a horrible little scum bag!

[fyds]

You know there are plenty pf players out there who had they not had some (in King's case, limited) talent, they would have been in chokey most of their teens, twenties and beyond.

[Leo No.8]

What an utter pri*ck. Just carrying on the way he was with the other women having 3 kids and with his wife having just got pregnant is appalling, even without the punch.

 

Scum, total scum.

[The Hitman]

Somebody in that bar should've filled him in after doing that.

Unbelievable.

Hope the tough guy enjoys his time inside.

[Ibby]

probably be a cakewalk for him given that he has been inside before and that he has 13 previous convictions!!

[Stevie H]

that dippy cow victoria derbyshire is prosletising about this on radio five at the minute.

[Des]

that dippy cow victoria derbyshire is prosletising about this on radio five at the minute.

 

You're practically on the other side of the world - why do you still listen to that sh*te?!

[Stevie H]

You're practically on the other side of the world - why do you still listen to that sh*te?!

i've run out of podcasts today and just needed some background noise while finishing some work. should've put music on really.

[Boca]

His relatives are a classy bunch and all

 

As King was led away one of his relatives shouted from the public gallery: "This is institutionalised racism."

 

The man, referring to the recent acquittal of Liverpool star Steve Gerrard over a fight in a restaurant, added: "Gerrard walks the streets. Look at you all. You are all white. Heil Hitler."

 

Mirror

[kop205]

The 'Incidents and legal cases' section of his wiki page is gobsmacking (no pun intended).

 

What an utterly contemptible t***.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

previously been jailed for receiving a stolen £30,000 BMW.

 

In 2003 he was arrested after police saw him chasing two women along the road. He was later convicted of assault.

 

Two years later he was convicted of threatening behaviour for spitting in a woman's face near Leicester Square.

 

He (Dave Whelan) added: "We have to follow the rules and regulations, which means we will have to give him 40 days notice that his contract will be cancelled. But it will be cancelled.

 

 

Why give him 40 days? He's in chokey, he can't play - breach of contract....just f***ing sack him for gross misconduct