Sports agent Jonathan Bharnet accused of rape in US trial

High-profile British sports activities agent Jonathan Barnet has been accused of raping a lady greater than 39 occasions within the US case.

In a civic criticism registered in an American district courtroom in Los Angeles, an nameless lady, known as “Jane Do”, says “Smuggled to Britain in 2017 in 2017” mentioned “torture” and positioned her as “sex slave” over a interval of six years.

She says that Mr. Bharnet creates “frequent danger for his life and life of his minor children”.

75 -year -old allegations identified to characterize main footballers together with Gareth Bell and Jack Grellish, say “there is really no basis and untrue”.

A press release by his legal professionals mentioned, “We will strictly defend the trial through proper legal process. I am eager to completely release and obliterate.”

Mr. Barnet was ranked by Forbes journal because the world's strongest sports activities agent in 2019.

He co-established the London-based Sports Agency Staller Group in 1994, ultimately bought it to the Hollywood expertise company ICM companions in 2020. The ICM was later bought in a deal by giant rival CAA, which merged two of the 2 largest businesses on this planet.

The civil case in opposition to Mr. Barnet filed on Wednesday makes use of the CAA Staler title to consult with its sports activities company.

According to courtroom paperwork, the pair first met via an expert athlete in London within the Nineties and re -joined in 2017 after which personally once more.

Within a number of weeks she moved to the UK together with her teenage kids – together with the Sports Agency CAA Staller, headed by Mr. Barnet, coated the shifting bills.

The submitting states that on his arrival, he instructed him that he “ownership” and raped him in a lodge room.

Mr. Bharnet utilized strict guidelines to obey him always, referred to him as “my master” and “never caused this pain” in keeping with the lawsuit.

The criticism proceeded to explain allegedly describing derogatory acts together with ingesting urine or swallowing the stool.

The alleged torture additionally included the lady “tied overnight without food or water”.

She says she was smuggled, threatened and held in numerous locations all over the world, together with Los Angeles from 2017 to 2023.

The trial acknowledged, “It was said that she was powerless against a dangerous hunter, Ms. Dow presented the barnet seriously beating or even avoiding being killed.”

“Jane Do” can be sueing the Hollywood expertise agency Creative Artist Agency and Sports Agency CAA Staller, the place Mr. Bharnet was an performing president until his retirement final 12 months.

The courtroom paperwork inform CAA steller's authentic corporations, expertise businesses ICM and CAA, “adequate payments were made between 2017 and 2023, which the woman was made sufficient despite not being athletes or agents.

It has been claimed that Mr. Barnet called him “slave” in the email sent from his work account.

The court documents stated that Mr. Bharnet used “the ability to take care of cash and great management” on the fear of “his life and his kids's life”.

The legal professionals for “Jane Do” stated that the case is about “institutional misuse on the highest degree”.

They are seeking compensation on his behalf.

The CAA said it was first heard of the woman's allegations in January 2024 when her lawyers demanded settlement – and the press inquired.

The CAA said in its statement, “While the criticism tries to attach these allegations to the enterprise of CAA, Ms. DOE has by no means been a CAA, ICM or staller staff, advisors or contractors, nor has there ever been any skilled relations with CAA, ICM or Staller.”

“CAA takes any cost of this nature critically, and thru a lawyer, instantly urged Ms. Do to contact the regulation enforcement within the United Kingdom.”

The statement said that Mr. Barnet had dropped out of the “steller” in February 2024.