Footballers have never been known as the most level-headed bunch, but that’s often what happens when you go from rags to riches and no one takes the time to talk any sense into you.
If you’re a football fan you’re probably familiar with the name Adam Johnson, the former Manchester City and Sunderland player convicted yesterday of grooming and sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.
You can run through some of the Whatsapp messages Johnson exchanged with that girl HERE, as well as hear his excuse for why he had penis pictures on his phone.
One should also spare a thought for Stacey Flounders, the mother of Johnson’s child and his now ex-girlfriend. Not that it matters much but she is rather easy on the eye:
So what of Adam and the guilty charge of sexual activity with a child? Over to the Telegraph:
Judge Rose said a custodial sentence was “the almost inevitable outcome” but granted Johnson bail until the hearing.
He said his preliminary view was that the case fell into the category of a five year prison sentence with a range of four to 10 years.
He said: “The defendant must understand there is a very high probability of a significant custodial sentence.”
He told the footballer: “You can say goodbye to your daughter. A prison sentence will mean you will not see her for some time.”
The biggest victim of all is of course the 15-year-old, who released this statement:
“The last 12 months have been horrendous and there have been times when I’ve wanted to hide away from the world. There have been times I haven’t felt able to face people. There have been times when I’ve tried not to show people how upset I am, but sometimes it hasn’t been possible and I’d just cry. I’ve felt so broken…
“I hope Adam realises the hurt and damage he has caused. I now want to put this awful experience behind me and begin to rebuild my life.”
Just a last little bit of information before we wrap this one up – turns out his football club knew all about this, paying his £60,000-a-week wages and playing him in the team for around a year:
The footballer said he handed over a transcript of the police interview in which he made the admissions to grooming and kissing the schoolgirl to Sunderland FC in May last year.
He claimed the club allowed him to continue playing for nine months – paying him well over £2million in that time.
What a sorry, disgusting state of affairs.
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