LONDON - Police probing an alleged gang rape by seven premiership soccer stars yesterday cordoned off an entire floor of the hotel at the centre of the claims.
Officers conducted forensic tests in the room where a 17-year-old girl says she was attacked by the footballers.
And colleagues seized a video of
CCTV footage from the five-star hotel in London's West End for analysis by experts.
Meanwhile, police from the specialist sex offences unit coaxed the tearful teenager into giving her version of the weekend's events.
The girl, who had met the stars at a bar, claims the seven players joined in a mass rape after she agreed to consensual sex with an eighth footballer, who plays for a different club.
Several of the stars are household names and one is a regular international. None can be identified for legal reasons, but all face lengthy jail terms if convicted.
The Sun broke news of the startling allegations on Monday. And yesterday extra officers were brought into the top hotel to guard the room.
Yesterday, onlookers told how the stars behaved like yobs in the bar of their five-star hotel before the alleged attack.
One was said to have screwed up a £20 note and thrown it over the bar as he jeered: "Here's double your wages."
Yesterday, the footballers at the centre of the allegations were in high spirits as they reported for training.
Asked to comment on the rumours, one player said: "Nice one."
It is understood he denies all involvement.
A friend of the player said: "He has a cast-iron alibi."
