Williams Kokolo, a league one football star put a pillow in a students mouth to tame her from screaming as he raped her at an after party, a court on the 12th of July heard.
Kokolo is indicted for attacking the alleged victim after she invited him to a student party at her apartment in Birmingham on the 13th of February 2022.
The duo met via a dating website and had been chatting on Snapchat because the alleged victim wanted to get acquainted with the player, a judge was told.
However, after she asked him to come over to her room, Williams Kokolo raped the 24-year-old student in the room.
Based on what the Jurors were told, it was alleged that she found him in his underwear.
The Burton Albion star is said to have forced the student to give him bl*w job prior to having coitus with her as she begged him to stop.
Williams Kokolo allegedly “picked up a small pillow and forced it into her mouth”, he also kept telling the lady to “shush”.
The alleged victim said after he had completed the act, Kokolo saw her sitting on her bed with her head in full custody of her hands and asked: “What’s wrong baby girl?”
He afterwards left the apartment in the Aston area of the city in the night and the student said she later reported to the police.
She also told her former boyfriend what had transpired. Speaking with police officers, the lady expressed how Kokolo had treated her “like a piece of garbage” to get “what he wanted.”
Williams Kokolo, the French-born defender penned a deal with Burton Albion from Borough in January 2022.
He went on trial indicted of three counts of rape at Coventry Crown Court on the 14th of June 2023.
Commencing the hearing, prosecutor Nicholas Tatlow said: “The defendant is a footballer for Burton Albion, the complainant had been in a relationship but at the time had broken up.”
Prosecutor Nicholas Tatlow said the lady had made plans for Williams Kokolo to pick her up in Birmingham.
He said: “In her contact with Mr Kokolo they spoke to each other. And on one occasion she arranged for him to pick her up in Birmingham after a night out.
“But she stood him up at the last minute after her friends said to her she should not meet him.”
Nicholas Tatlow basically described the entire incident from the time they met, the alleged rape and what occured afterwards.
He continued: “She went to a student party near to her own student accommodation. During the evening she contacted the defendant to ask him to come meet her.
“She wanted to meet him to talk and she made it clear that she did want there to be any sexual activity.
“They were at a ‘getting to know you stage’ of what might go on to become a relationship.
“They met outside, he told her she smelled of drink, she told him she was drunk.
He added: “They went up to her flat.
“She went to the toilet and came out to see the defendant stripped to his boxer shorts.”
It was also said that the lady told Kokolo that she wanted no sexual activity with the footballer, despite the fact that she did bend over to kiss him.
In continuation: “But what she did do was tell him she wanted no sexual activity. Not withstanding that she did lean in to kiss him as that seemed to be what he wanted.
“Instead of a kiss, he forced her head.
How the Burton Albion defender allegedly took off her underwear, raped her and left her apartment in the middle of the night was also narrated.
“He took off her underwear ignoring her protests. He was on top of her, she tried to push him off but she couldn’t.
“She tried to scream but he picked up a small pillow and forced it into her mouth. He turned her around and penetrated her from behind.
“Then he stopped and again forced her head down… He let go of her, she went to the bathroom, came back and he was asleep.
“She too lay down on the bed as far away as she could and went to sleep.
“During the night she heard a noise as the defendant got out of bed and left.”
It was also said that she messaged the defender accusing him of rape, but he didn’t reply the message.
Meanwhile, during an interview with the cops which was played to the court, the 24-year-old lady whose name was withheld for legal reasons, was heard saying: “I asked him to come to the party so we could get to know each other.
“I told him I didn’t want to do anything sexual and he said that was fine.”
In a part of the interview, she was heard saying: “Then he kept pushing my head down. He then takes off my thong and he didn’t even try to kiss me or do foreplay or even ask me if I wanted to do it.
“He just kept forcing himself on me. I was trying to push him off me. He kept telling me to shush.
“I was saying ‘no’ and stuff to him and then he turned me around and thrusted from behind and then I kept making noise and he kept saying shush.”
She also expressed in her own words how aggrieved she felt over the incident as she didn’t have the strength to push him away.
“I was disgusted I couldn’t be fully in control to push him off. And I was sat on the edge of my bed and I took off my dress.
“He hadn’t even took that off, he just treated me like a piece of garbage to get what he wanted.”
Her statements on the message she sent to him and how she subsequently blocked him:
“I told him you basically raped me and you took advantage of me and you did whatever you wanted and just left.
“I told him never to speak to me again and blocked him on everything.”
Burton Albion also released a statement in 2022 concerning the allegations stating: “Burton Albion is fully aware of the charges that have been made against one of our players and the club has spoken to the player and his legal representatives.
“As this is an ongoing legal process, the club is unable to make any further comment until legal proceedings are concluded.”
Kokolo played youth football at Sunderland and Middlesbrough before beginning his senior career at Sunderland.
He joined Middlesbrough in January 2021 and left the club the following year in January 2022 for Burton Albion.
He has made 16 appearances for The Brewers and scored 1 goal.
Who is Williams Kokolo and when was he born?
He is a French professional footballer who plays for Burton Albion as a left back, Kokolo also has the ability to play as a left winger.
He was born on the 9th of June 2000.
How much is Williams Kokolo earning?
Williams Kokolo earns £400 per week at Burton Albion
What is Williams Kokolo’s football history and stats?
He started his youth career at Monaco but left the club at the age of 16, Kokolo then joined Sunderland in 2017.
On the 6th of December 2018, the Frenchman signed for Darlington on a “work experience loan”.
Williams Kokolo made his debut two days later, starting and playing the entire duration of a 2-1 loss to Nuneaton Borough.
During his spell at Darlington, he started 3 games and came on as a substitute in 6 matches.
Kokolo joined Middlesbrough on the 11th of March 2020 penning a two-year deal with the Teesside based club on a free transfer.
2 years later, the 23-year-old joined current club Burton Albion and he scored his first goal on the 12th of February 2022 during a 2-2 share of the spoils with Cambridge United.
Kokolo has made 95 appearances in the round leather game so far for the clubs he has represented and scored only a goal.
What is personal background of Williams Kokolo
He has Congolese roots.
What are Williams Kokolo’s contract details, market value and net worth?
The end of his current deal with the Brewers is unknown, however, his market value is €175,000.
Kokolo’s net worth is estimated to be about €750,000 – €1.5 million.
