Former midfielder Joey Barton is facing serious assault allegations after reportedly attacking the founder and headteacher of NexGen Academy at the Huyton and Prescot Golf Club in Liverpool on Sunday, 8 March.

Aside from Barton, Gary O'Grady was also charged. Both are facing charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm (GBH).

Barton was denied bail for his role in the incident. O'Grady, on the other hand, was released on the condition that he would not set foot at the golf club or make contact with the victim or the named witness. Both are scheduled to appear before the court again on 7 April,The Guardianreported.

As of this writing, it remains unclear what triggered the incident. However, it remains that the victim, Kelly Lynch, is dealing with serious injuries to his face and body. Regardless, the NexGen Academy founder is reportedly in stable condition,Sky Newsreported.

However, there is a chance that Lynch may suffer irreversible injuries to his eyesight. Depending on the findings of the investigation, Barton and O'Grady could be facing more problems. Both have vehemently denied the charges against them.

Already in a big mess, Barton got more bad news headed his way. This was after it was learned that the 43-year-old was ordered to pay former England footballer Eni Aluko more than £300,000 in damages and legal costs for libel over social media,BBC Newsreported.

It turns out that Barton was dealing with another legal battle for twocontroversial social media postsin 2024. The two posts claimed of Barton claimed that Aluko was cynically seeking to exploit her status as an alleged victim of racism and bullying according to barrister Gervase de Wilde.

However, it turns out that those two posts mentioned were part of many others. In total, De Wilde detailed how Barton put up 48 posts against Aluko on his X account. He branded this as a public campaign of vilification against Aluko, resulting in the 39-year-old native of Nigeria dealing with enormous distress.

'Mr Barton's campaign caused Ms Aluko enormous distress. When she sought to defend herself against Mr Barton's conduct, and that of his followers, he criticised and attacked her for doing so,' De Wilde stated.

According to thecourt order, Barton needs to pay Aluko £339,000, with the first £100,000 including interest. Further, these should be settled no later than 24 March.

Source: International Business Times UK