Former England striker Andy Carroll has revealed he was sexually assaulted by a person in 2021.
The 37-year-old made the small print public in his autobiography, which was launched on Thursday, saying the perpetrator has been jailed for 3 years.
The incident happened at Carroll’s residence, throughout his second spell along with his hometown membership Newcastle.
Carroll, now a participant/co-owner of non-league membership Dagenham & Redbridge, says he determined to incorporate the incident in his ebook “on the final minute” after discussing it along with his girlfriend Lou Teasdale.
A buddy of his former accomplice, who was away on the time, was set to remain over after coming to his residence to observe a boxing match.
Carroll says the incident occurred whereas he was sleeping and he then threw the person out of the home, earlier than knocking him unconscious as he tried to return.
Carroll, who additionally performed within the Premier League for Liverpool and West Ham, known as the police and was “sobbing” within the arms of his kids’s nanny.
The unnamed attacker was discovered responsible of sexual offences and positioned on the intercourse offender register. Carroll testified in court docket, a course of he says was “humiliating and embarrassing and completely horrendous”.
Carroll wrote: “I used to be sexually assaulted, there I mentioned it. Scary to even take into consideration and only some individuals knew about it prior to now.
“Me and Lou spent lots of time discussing whether or not to say it on this ebook or not. I prevented my writer for therefore lengthy that they in all probability suspected I obtained chilly ft.
“Scary to speak about but it surely’s made [me] the particular person I’m at this time as a lot as any of the good things. And if me speaking about it helps only one particular person then good, it’s going to have been price it.”
Carroll, who received 9 England caps, added: “What occurred to me affected each aspect of my life. I would give it some thought day-after-day, making it troublesome to give attention to the rest, together with soccer… The trauma of what occurred to me hasn’t gone away.”
Carroll joined Dagenham in July 2025 and has made six appearances within the Nationwide League South this season.