Marlon Swing

"Wasn't me mate. It was some other bloke who looked like me."

Remember Marlon King’s little fracas at a London club at the end of last year? No? Well let me remind you. Here. Well today the Wigan front man was in court and some pretty interesting details were let loose.

The incident occurred while King was on loan to Hull City. The victim alleges that King wandered over and joined her party at the Soho club without invite. Prosecutor Rodger Daniells-Smith says that King touched the woman’s bum and then became irritated when she replied “Don’t do that, it’s not nice. Don’t touch me.” King is then said to have joined thousands of famous people before him in yelling “Don’t you know who I am, I’m a millionaire!” A few more words were uttered and King allegedly then punched the woman in the face, breaking her nose.

Mr Daniells-Smith called the act “a gratuitous piece of violence against a slightly-built female” before stating “It was unprovoked and could not have been an act of lawful self-defence”.

Father of three King denies the incident, claiming that he is the victim of  ‘mistaken indentity’. Daniells-Smith says that “There is no doubt that the man who sexually assaulted her, then broke her nose when she rejected her advances, was Marlon King. We will call six witnesses who independently not just identified Marlon King, but recognised him as a high profile sportsman.”

King, who was on loan at ‘Boro and Hull last season has made just 3 appearances from the bench for Wigan this season. He made his name at Gillingham and Watford before Wigan paid 3 million for his services. I’ll keep you up to date on this one as the case moves forward.