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FILE – West Ham United chairman David Sullivan watches the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Crystal Palace at the London Stadium in London, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo\/Kin Cheung, File)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

LONDON \u2014 Seven women have accused David Sullivan, the West Ham co-owner<\/a> who made a fortune in the porn and media industry, of preying on them for sex, according to an investigation by the BBC and The Times of London on Monday.<\/p>

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The women said Sullivan used his power to try to get them to perform sex acts when they were young models seeking work at his Daily Sport and Sunday Sport newspapers, which featured photos of topless and scantily clad women.<\/p>\n

Sullivan denied the allegations through his lawyer but stepped down on Saturday as co-chairman of the east London soccer club to \u201cavoid disruption,\u201d the team said.<\/p>\n

Sullivan said he became aware of \u201cfactually incorrect and entirely false, decades-old allegations concerning my personal life due to be broadcast and published.\u201d<\/p>\n

One woman told the BBC Panorama program that she met Sullivan at his mansion in 1999 to discuss work and was told she\u2019d be one of his \u201cregular girls\u201d if they had sex. The woman, who was 20 at the time, said she tried to decline but was led to a bedroom and felt she was forced to have sex with him.<\/p>

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Sullivan\u2019s lawyers said the scenario described was implausible.<\/p>\n

The BBC said it discovered that eight women, including one in its investigation, reported Sullivan\u2019s conduct to police. He was never charged.<\/p>\n

Sullivan said in a statement issued by the team that he planned to sue the BBC and other media for libel.<\/p>\n

Sullivan, 77, published porn magazines and films in the late 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a lifetime spent building businesses in the adult industry in which I have met thousands of women, it is sadly inevitable that a small number of improper conduct claims are being made against me. I categorically deny these claims,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said none of the claims were related to his soccer ownership.<\/p>\n

Sullivan got involved in soccer when he bought into Birmingham City in 1993. He left in 2009 and a year later bought a stake in West Ham.<\/p>

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West Ham was relegated<\/a> from the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n

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AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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