07/07/2025
Soccer agent Jonathan Barnett has been accused of r**e, torture and trafficking in a U.S. lawsuit.
The civil complaint was made against Barnett, 75, in a California district court by a woman referred to only as Jane Doe earlier this week.
The complaint claims that Barnett r**ed the woman more than 39 times after she was “trafficked” from Australia, of which she is a citizen, to the United Kingdom in 2017.
The lawsuit says the Brit then “tortured” her over a six-year period until 2023 while keeping her as a “s*x slave”.
Barnett’s former employer, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), is also named in the lawsuit
The court documents claim Barnett met the woman in the 1990s through a connection with a professional athlete. It is alleged they reconnected in 2017 online and then in person, before “Barnett lured Ms. Doe into his scheme of s*x trafficking and forced labor under the auspices of hiring her to work for his sports agency, CAA Stellar.”
The complaint goes on to claim that the woman moved to London that year with her teenage children and that Barnett had covered the expenses, saying that it was part of the employment package, before Barnett allegedly r**ed her in a hotel room upon her arrival, saying that he “owned” her and threatened to kill her if she spoke out.
The woman says she was forced to obey rules set by Barnett, including referring to him as “master”. Further details of the alleged abuse include being tied up overnight and denied food and water, repeated physical violence and being made to perform degrading acts.
The filing alleges that the woman was “trafficked, threatened, tortured” and held “in bo***ge at numerous places throughout the world, including Los Angeles.” It also says that she was made to “hunt for additional slaves” after being forced to return to L.A.
