Essex Police given new information on West Ham co-owner David Sullivan

Essex Police said determination had been "some interaction and enquiries into those are present nether way" aft the associated probe was published connected Monday.

The probe revealed that aggregate women person accused Sullivan of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour dating backmost from the 1980s. Sullivan has categorically denied the allegations.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has held urgent "fact-finding" meetings with the Football Association (FA) and West Ham aft the BBC revealed Sullivan was banned from contacting the women's and younker teams implicit safeguarding concerns.

Sullivan has been nether the restrictions for 3 years aft a historical allegation astir his behaviour was raised with the FA successful 2023. The restrictions had not been nationalist and helium continued to be men's archetypal squad matches.

In a connection issued connected Wednesday, Sullivan said helium had ne'er met immoderate academy oregon women's squad players "1-2-1" during his 16 years astatine West Ham

He said the ailment "had thing to bash astir my clip successful shot and it ne'er happened".

"I saw it arsenic a meaningless restriction, arsenic it didn't interaction connected my enactment successful immoderate way, truthful I accepted it for a quiescent life," helium said.

Sullivan said it was inaccurate to picture this statement arsenic a "disciplinary 'ban'".

In response, Nandy called for a "full and urgent explanation" of however the "incredibly superior allegations" astir Sullivan had been handled.

She had meetings with West Ham and the FA connected Wednesday to question answers connected its effect to the safeguarding concerns.

West Ham is understood to person made wide it was assured successful its "robust safeguarding measures".

Meanwhile, it has emerged Boyle Sports, 1 of West Ham's main sponsors, had not been made alert of the restrictions placed connected Sullivan.

In a statement, Boyle Sports said it was "extremely acrophobic astatine the superior quality of the allegations levelled against David Sullivan".

"It is our knowing that the Independent Football Regulator is reviewing this substance urgently and we wholeheartedly enactment their efforts successful doing so," the connection added.

The BBC and Times probe besides revealed that 8 women, including 1 who was portion of the investigation, person gone to the constabulary with disclosures astir Sullivan's conduct. None of those cases person resulted successful charges.

Sullivan, 77, held the associated president presumption astatine West Ham for 16 years, and was the club's largest azygous shareholder pursuing the decease of his concern partner, David Gold, successful January 2023.

He resigned arsenic associated seat connected Saturday, saying helium wanted to absorption connected warring what helium called "factually incorrect and wholly false, decades-old allegations concerning my idiosyncratic life".

In his resignation statement, Sullivan said that "after a beingness spent gathering businesses successful the big manufacture successful which I person met thousands of women, it is sadly inevitable that a tiny fig of improper behaviour claims are being made against me".

West Ham and the FA person antecedently said they person wide and robust safeguarding measures successful place, and were incapable to remark connected idiosyncratic cases.