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Inquest

Quote:"An inquest in London held on 9 September, 1998, heard that there was in fact no warrant out for Justin Fashanu's arrest and that the American police had already dropped the investigation because of lack of evidence." We would like to include this information into the German article. Do you have ANY citeable sources verifying it??? Regards.--Nemissimo II 18:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Sunday People reference

The Sunday People ran an article on Justin Fashanu in 1982 headlined "I am not gay". I have yet to add this as a reference until I can find a date to make it a firm reference. This was quoted as a reference in the book "Law and the Media" (by Tom Crone) as an example of Defamation. -- Ash 06:06, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

allegation and suicide - unclear and unsourced

The "Allegation and suicide" section is largely unsourced, and is very unclear, particularly regarding the allegation made against him. In particular, it doesn't say where the alleged assault was claimed to have taken place (it doesn't even say directly that it was in the US): it should say which city (I'd guess from context that it was in Maryland, but surely we can do better than that), and ideally in roughly what circumstance (at a party, in the street, at a nightclub, at someone's home, ...). It says he was questioned by the police, but doesn't say which police force (city, sheriff, state?). It says warrants were "widely reported" to exist, but doesn't cite any of these reports. It says he went to the sauna, but doesn't support that with a reference. And the stuff about the inquest is entirely unsourced. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 23:07, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

There are many published news articles for this event. Below is the text from The Times which I'll add as a short citation:

The Times, 10 September 1998, US police say Fashanu lied about his sexuality
The Times, September 10, 1998

US police say Fashanu lied about his sexuality

Dominic Kennedy

JUSTIN FASHANU lied repeatedly when questioned about an alleged sexual assault on a 17-year-old boy in the United States, American police said yesterday after a London coroner recorded a suicide verdict on the footballer.

Fashanu, interviewed in his flat in Ellicott, Maryland, within three days of allegedly molesting the youth, told officers from Howard County Police that he was not a homosexual. Only later did they learn that in Britain he was well known to be homosexual, having sold his story to The Sun .

Fashanu had also denied to detectives that he had taken the boy to buy beer but police later interviewed an assistant in the shop who remembered seeing the youth with a black man who had an English accent. Fashanu denied that the boy had been in his car but the police said that the youth was able to identify it. "He was lying to us," said Sergeant Morris Carroll.

Howard County Police yesterday gave The Times the first details of Fashanu's alleged lies after the Coroner for Poplar, East London, stated that the "fallen hero" had not been a wanted man at the time he hanged himself.

The inquest heard evidence from a Scotland Yard detective that the Americans had made no request for Fashanu to be found or arrested. Howard County Police pointed out that this was because they did not know he was in England. Had they known, they would have begun extradition proceedings.

The Fashanu family invoked the coroner's words to say that Justin's name had now been cleared. His brother John said: "I beg everybody, especially the media, to look at what the coroner had to say. We are very happy that Justin eventually is resting in peace with a clean bill."

Justin Fashanu's suicide note, which was read out by the coroner, accused the boy of being a willing partner and a blackmailer. The youth told police that he woke in Fashanu's bed after a drinking party to find Fashanu performing a sex act on him.

Fashanu was charged with second-degree sexual assault, and first-degree and second-degree assaults, which he denied. He faced a possible 20 years in jail. Homosexual acts are illegal in Maryland.

An arrest warrant was issued by Howard County District Court on April 3. By then, Fashanu's flat was empty.

On May 1, Howard County Police issued a press release asking Fashanu to return voluntarily. This was widely reported in the British media. The next day, Fashanu's body was found hanged in a garage in Shoreditch, East London.

His suicide note said: "I want to say that I didn't sexually assault the young boy. He willingly had sex with me and then the next day asked for money. When I said 'No' he said 'You wait and see'. If that is the case, I hear you say, why did you run? Well, justice isn't always fair and I felt that I wouldn't get a fair trial be cause of my homosexuality. (Silly, really, but you know what happens when you panic.)

"The blood is from my wrist cut because I want to die rather than put my friends and family through any more unhappiness."

The Coroner, Stephen Chan, said: "It is clear he made a declaration of innocence. He expressed his lack of faith of a fair trial. He did not wish to take any more pain or indeed to cause further distress to his family and his loved ones. Sadly, he decided that death was to be the only way out."

—Ash (talk) 08:52, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timfranks/2011/03/a_mans_game.html - Fashnu is no longer the only openly gay footballer in the history of the sport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.234.240.233 (talk) 04:02, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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