Former Spurs, Liverpool Star Paul Stewart Says He Was Sexually Abused by Coach

Former England international Paul Stewart has alleged that he was sexually abused as a child by a youth coach who threatened to kill his family if he told anyone. 

The 52-year-old, who played at Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City during his career, claimed he was assaulted every day between the ages of 11 and 15 by the coach who promised to “make him a star.”

Per Jeremy Armstrong in the Mirror, Stewart, who has waived his right to anonymity, said he decided to tell his story 40 years on in the hope that more victims will have the courage to come forward, as he fears a paedophile ring was operating in north-west football at the time. 

BBC’s Nick Sutton provided a look at the newspaper’s front page:

Wednesday’s Daily Mirror:England Ace – ‘I was sexually abused by coach for four years’#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/vDIehQq1vp

— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) November 22, 2016

In shocking revelations, Stewart said the abuse at the hands of the coach—who cannot be named—led him to have problems with drink and drugs in later life, per Armstrong:

One day, ­travelling in the car, he started to touch me. It frightened me to death, …

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