Adam Johnson held over ‘sex with schoolgirl, 15’, suspended by club
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ByEurosport
Updated 02/03/2015 at 21:16 GMT
Sunderland midfielder Adam Johnson has been suspended by the club after being arrested on suspicion of sexual activity with a girl under 16.
Sunderland's Adam Johnson (PA Sport)
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The Sun had earlier reported that a gun was also found at the then unnamed player's house when the Police swooped to make an arrest early on Monday.
Officers then spent the day at the house and at one point were said to search the garage of Johnson's £1.85m property.
BBC Sports Editor Dan Roan tweeted further details of the story before revealing the identity of the player:
Sunderland later released a brief statement confirming that Johnson had been suspended.
A club statement said: "Sunderland AFC has confirmed that Adam Johnson has been suspended from the club, pending the outcome of a police investigation. No further comment will be made at the present time."
The gun is understood to be owned legally by Johnson, who has 12 caps England and is a regular for Sunderland.
Johnson was later released on bail.
A neighbour was quoted by the Sun as saying: "All the main activity was between 9.15am and 9.35am.
"Three undercover cars and a scenes of crime van arrived. You could tell they were police officers, they were all dressed in black," added the neighbour.
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