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Racist abuse by coaching staff

Leigh Day partner Dino Nocivelli on Chelsea legal settlement



Chelsea Football Club has recently settled civil cases brought by four of its former youth players who were alleging racist abuse and physical assaults by members of the club’s youth coaching staff.

The abuse is alleged to have taken place in the 1990s when the players were aged between 14 and 18, with the settlement figures being undisclosed but understood to be six-figure sums.


To read the full article by Leigh Day partner Dino Nocivelli (pictured), click here

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