A Premier League footballer has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after being hauled out of a nightclub in the south coast.
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The Brighton and Hove Albion player, in his twenties, was arrested alongside a man in his forties after reports of a sexual assault at the venue in Brighton in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The player, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was led away by police officers from The Arch nightclub on Brighton seafront in handcuffs. He has been held at a local police station for questioning but is expected to be released this evening.
The allegation is understood to concern the actions of the player and his co-accused in a public area of the venue.
