ESPN are reporting that Ravel Morrison has been charged with two counts of assault against women in Manchester and will appear in court in Salford on Thursday.
The 21-year-old, formerly with Manchester United, is accused of attacking a young woman outside a bar in Manchester city centre in the early hours of Sunday morning.
He is also accused of assaulting the same woman and another 39-year-old woman hours later. Morrison, from Urmston, Manchester, was arrested on Wednesday and has been charged with two counts of common assault. He is due at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "At about 3.20am on Sunday, July 27 2014, police were called to an address on Alexandra Road, Peel Green, Salford, following reports a 19-year-old woman and a 39-year-old woman had been assaulted. Officers attended and established the young woman had also been assaulted outside a bar in Manchester city centre earlier that evening and a 21-year-old man was subsequently arrested at a later date. "Ravel Morrison, of Urmston, is charged with two common assaults. He is due before Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on July 31, 2014.’’
This young man is one of the most brilliant and talented players to emerge in English football in quite some time. But he is in danger of throwing it all away.