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Article: Allegations against Sir Alex Ferguson dismissed
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- October 14, 2002
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SOUTH African prosecutors yesterday dismissed a complaint of
indecent assault against Sir Alex Ferguson, stating that it would be
"ridiculous" to proceed with allegations which had "wasted everyone's
time".
The news that the criminal inquiry was at an end came after a
Sunday tabloid paid 21-year-old Nadia Abrahams for the full account
of her story.
Ms Abrahams claimed the Manchester United manager assaulted her in
her car as they returned from a jazz club in the early hours of
Friday.
She said the 60-year-old Scot had climbed into her car uninvited,
asking her for a lift back to his hotel.
However, the South African deputy director of prosecutions, Rodney
de Cock, yesterday said that ...