Referee who insulted Klopp accused of filming sexual video with minor

Fresh scandal engulfs David Coote, the referee sacked by the Premier League after a video surfaced of him hurling abuse at Jurgen Klopp. This Wednesday, the 'Nottingham Post' reports that the 43-year-old Englishman has been accused of filming an indecent video with a minor.

According to the British newspaper, Coote will appear before Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday, 21 September, to give evidence regarding the alleged offences, which date back to 2 January 2020.

Reportedly, the former official allegedly made a sexual video with a minor classified in English law as category A. This is the most serious category, involving minors being sexually abused by adults.

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In December 2024, David Coote was dismissed by the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL), the body that manages Premier League referees, after a video circulated on social media showing the referee making derogatory comments about Jurgen Klopp in July 2020.

Coote, who was a Premier League referee from 2018 until his dismissal, called Klopp "an arrogant German son of a b*tch", aggrieved by comments made by the manager during his time at Liverpool. Furthermore, UEFA banned the referee until June 2026 after another video emerged appearing to show him snorting a white powder through a banknote during one of the gatherings at the recent European Championship in Germany.