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Adam Johnson trial: Footballer 'asked girl to send naked picture' | |
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England footballer Adam Johnson asked a girl for a naked picture and offered to meet her for money, a court has heard. | |
The claim was made by the best friend of the girl at the centre of the case. | |
Giving evidence via video-link, the teenager told Bradford Crown Court that her friend had said the ex-Sunderland footballer made the request on the social media app Snapchat. | |
Mr Johnson, 28, who has 12 England caps, denies two counts of sexual activity with a child. | |
The teenager told the jury: "She (her friend) said that they talked on Snapchat and he'd asked her to send a naked picture and that's all I can remember about it." | |
The witness said this after she was asked by Kate Blackwell QC, prosecuting, to tell the court about further details concerning the case she had revealed to police last week. | |
The teenager described how she informed officers that her friend had told her about more serious sexual activity that her friend had not told police about previously. | |
"She told me not to say anything," the teenager told the court. | |
"She told me that she'd been texting him before she went away and he offered to meet her for money," the teenager said. | |
'Get your pants off' | |
Earlier the court was played a video-recorded police interview with the teenager, in which she described how her best friend was "excited" after having a sexual encounter with the footballer. | |
She described how she was with her friend before she went to meet Mr Johnson in his Range Rover. | |
The teenager said she met her friend again after the girl, then aged 15, got out of the winger's car in January 2015. | |
She told the officer interviewing her that her friend was "more excited - not excited for something, just excited - in a good mood, really". | She told the officer interviewing her that her friend was "more excited - not excited for something, just excited - in a good mood, really". |
The teenager said: "I asked her if anything had happened as I'd seen messages before asking for a bit of a feel." | The teenager said: "I asked her if anything had happened as I'd seen messages before asking for a bit of a feel." |
She then explained how her friend described a sex act that had allegedly taken place between her and the footballer. | She then explained how her friend described a sex act that had allegedly taken place between her and the footballer. |
"She seemed excited about it at first but she started to realise what she'd done because he had a girlfriend," she said. | "She seemed excited about it at first but she started to realise what she'd done because he had a girlfriend," she said. |
In the police interview, the teenager described how, at first, she did not believe her best friend "because he's a footballer, he's famous and she's only 15". | In the police interview, the teenager described how, at first, she did not believe her best friend "because he's a footballer, he's famous and she's only 15". |
But she then said she changed her mind after a seeing a message Mr Johnson had sent to her friend which said: "Just wanted to get your pants off." | |
The girl told the officer: "That's why I know something had happened between them for definite." | The girl told the officer: "That's why I know something had happened between them for definite." |
Born in Sunderland, Mr Johnson began his career at Middlesbrough before moving to Manchester City and then on to Sunderland for £10m in 2012. | Born in Sunderland, Mr Johnson began his career at Middlesbrough before moving to Manchester City and then on to Sunderland for £10m in 2012. |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
The footballer has previously pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming. He was sacked by Sunderland as a result. | The footballer has previously pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of grooming. He was sacked by Sunderland as a result. |