Football agent Jonathan Barnett accused of trafficking, torture and rape

• Allegations in US lawsuit allege woman kept as sex slave'

• Barnett and former employer CAA deny all allegations

The leading football agent Jonathan Barnett is being sued in an American court over allegations of human trafficking, torture and rape.

In a civil complaint filed in a California district court it is alleged that Barnett trafficked" the woman from Australia to the UK in 2017, tortured" her for six years by keeping her as a sex slave" and sexually assaulted her, including by rape, more than 39 times, as well as making repeated threats to her life and the lives of her minor children".