Here is an example of the </span>kind of player representing Wigan now,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8326381.stm
A Premier League footballer broke a woman's nose with a single
punch after saying, "Don't you know who I am? I am a millionaire", a jury has
been told.
Wigan Athletic striker Marlon King, 29, also "sexually touched" the woman,
20, London's Southwark Crown Court heard.
The attack in a Soho bar after she had rejected his advances was a piece of
"gratuitous" violence, jurors heard.
Mr King, a married father-of-three, denies sexual assault by touching and
causing actual bodily harm.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was injured by Mr King at
the Soho Revue Bar in December, the court was told.
On the night of the incident, she had been with a group of "sporty type"
friends.
Another footballer and sports journalist were also there, but Mr King was not
part of the group.
Describing the alleged touching by the accused, Roger Daniells-Smith,
prosecuting, said: "They were complete strangers to each other.
"It was not an accidental brushing or innocent contact that occasionally
happens in crowded bars. This was deliberate and sexual."
The woman responded by saying: "Don't do that, it's not nice. Don't touch
me."
Women 'recoiled'
Mr King then turned his attention to other women in the party, the court
heard.
Mr Daniells-Smith said: "They, too, recoiled from his touching them and told
him very clearly to stop behaving in this manner."
The prosecution alleges that Mr King simply turned his attention back to the
eventual victim.
Describing that exchange, Mr Daniells-Smith said that Mr King began: "Don't
you know who I am? I'm a millionaire."
The court heard that his alleged victim replied by saying: "I don't care who
you are, take your millionaire self away from our table".
He was given further warnings but continued to stroke the woman's hair and
then allegedly told her that she was not in his league.
After she pushed him in the chest, Mr King responded with the punch, the
court was told.
Mr Daniells-Smith said: "At that moment Marlon King took one step backward
and smashed her in the face with a clenched fist. He broke her nose with the
blow.