London Stadium and West Ham women's team not aware of David Sullivan contact ban

London Stadium - who ain and run the location of West Ham United - has raised concerns that they were not told astir safeguarding restrictions relating to co-owner David Sullivan, the BBC has learned.

They accidental they "would expect to beryllium informed" connected these matters truthful they could "assess risk" and guarantee measures were successful spot to support their staff, contractors and the public.

The Football Association opened a safeguarding probe successful 2023 aft receiving allegations astir the behaviour of Sullivan, the past co-chair of West Ham United.

In response, a safeguarding radical made up of the club, the FA and the section authorization decided to forestall Sullivan from having entree to his ain club's younker and women's teams.

Sullivan, 77, said helium "categorically" denies the claims, which span the play erstwhile helium made a luck from pornography, newspapers and football.

London Stadium person written to the Club, the FA and the applicable section authorization to question further accusation astir the process and wherefore they were not made aware.

West Ham's women's team, and the Women's Super League, were besides not alert of immoderate restrictions connected David Sullivan's entree and interactions with the team.

A West Ham spokesperson told the BBC that speech from parties straight progressive successful the safeguarding process, nary different outer parties were notified owed to "best signifier safeguarding agreed with autarkic outer bodies".

They added that the fig of radical informed is intentionally kept to a minimum.

In a statement, astir the safeguarding measures Sullivan said a impermanent statement was negotiated with the FA not to conscionable academy oregon women's squad players "1-2-1" until a humanities anonymous ailment was resolved. He has antecedently said helium denies allegations of wrongdoing.

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'".

The Football Association said they person robust safeguarding measures but cannot remark connected idiosyncratic cases.

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