Man Utd’s Greenwood Faces Attempted Rape Trial 2023

Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood will face trial in 2023 on charges centering on attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault, a judge said on Monday.

Greenwood, 21, got to the court in Manchester, northwest England, wearing a hoodie with a dark suit.

At a short hearing at the city’s Minshull Street Crown Court, the player just to confirm his name and date of birth.

Judge Maurice Greene set a start date of November 27, 2023, for the trial, which ought to last 10 days.

The footballer had his bail extended on condition that he does not contact witnesses or the complainant.

Greenwood spent two days remanded in custody in October after an alleged breach of bail conditions.

He was initially arrested in January over allegations relating to a young woman after images and videos were posted online.

Within hours of the allegations surfacing online in January, Greenwood was suspended from playing or training with United and has not played for the club since.

The attempted rape is alleged to have taken place in October 2021.

The controlling and coercive behaviour relates to a period starting in November 2018.

He is alleged to have made threatening and derogatory comments towards the complainant, and also accessing and monitoring her social media accounts.

The charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm is dated December 2021.

All three charges relate to the same complainant. Greenwood did not enter any pleas and a further procedural hearing was set for February 10 next year.