Dyer denies involvement in alleged gang-rape

ENGLAND and Newcastle United footballer Kieron Dyer last night denied any involvement with an alleged gang-rape by Premiership players of a 17-year-old girl in a London hotel.

Dyer spoke out after two other footballers were arrested yesterday by detectives investigating the woman's allegation she was gang-raped by Premiership players.

In a statement issued through his lawyers to "set the record straight and put an end to the massive speculation", Dyer, aged 24, said his family had been hounded and "my reputation has been damaged in the most public way possible."