Get you up to speed: Arsenal star ‘questioned as witness over escort scandal’
An Arsenal player, Riccardo Calafiori, is being questioned as a witness regarding an alleged prostitution ring in Milan, which may involve up to 50 sportsmen. Local media reported that neither Calafiori nor other players questioned are under formal investigation.
Prosecutors in Milan are currently questioning players, including Riccardo Calafiori and Daniel Maldini, as witnesses in an ongoing investigation into an alleged escort agency operating in the city. Investigators are looking into the involvement of approximately 50 sportsmen, with plans to interview Inter Milan’s Alessandro Bastoni, who did not attend his scheduled questioning.
Prosecutors in Milan are conducting an investigation into an alleged prostitution ring involving up to 50 sportsmen, with Arsenal’s Riccardo Calafiori and others questioned as witnesses. The investigation continues, with plans to speak to further players, including Inter Milan’s Alessandro Bastoni, amid allegations of serious misconduct.
What remains unclear — The exact number of sportsmen connected to the alleged prostitution ring and the details of their involvement have not been disclosed.
Arsenal player questioned as witness in Milan escort scandal investigation
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The Arsenal player is not under formal investigation (Picture: Getty Images)
An Arsenal player is reportedly being questioned in relation to an alleged prostitution ring, which investigators fear may involve up to 50 sportsmen.
Premier League star Riccardo Calafiori, 24, has reportedly been summoned as a witness by prosecutors in Milan.
Prosecutors are also understood to have spoken with Lazio midfielder Daniel Maldini, as well as former Bologna defender Kevin Bonifazi, also as witnesses.
None of the three players, who spoke to prosecutors on Thursday and Friday, are under formal investigation, local media reported.
It follows claims of an alleged ‘escort agency’ allegedly run by a company, which hasn’t been named, operating out of Milan.
Riccardo Calafiori has reportedly been questioned as a witness (Picture: Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock)
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The company is accused of hosting celebrities and footballers at events across the city linked with the agency.
The players are among the first to face questioning by prosecutor Rosaria Stagnaro and deputy prosecutor Bruna Albertini.
Around 50 sportsmen are said to be tied to the investigation.
Prosecutors were also planning to speak with Inter Milan star Alessandro Bastoni, 27, who is alleged to have had a sexual relationship with an underage girl but did not appear at the prosecutor’s office for questioning on Friday.
He denies the claims against him.
It is claimed the woman – who was a minor, aged 17 and eight months old at the time of the alleged incident – had sexual relations with Bastoni in July 2020, when he was 21, after meeting in the small town of Cinisello Balsamo.
She also denied the charges.
Bastoni received a blind summons to the Milan Prosecutor’s Office. Under Italian law, he did not have to attend, and a summons does not imply guilt.
The investigation is ongoing.
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