The advice from London Stadium comes after a joint investigation by BBC Panorama and The Instances revealed that seven women have accused Sullivan of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour. He has categorically denied the allegations.
He stood down as joint chairman of the club shortly earlier than the investigation was broadcast, saying he wished to concentrate on combating what he known as “factually incorrect and completely false, decades-old allegations regarding my private life”. He stays the membership’s largest shareholder.
The investigation additionally revealed that Sullivan has been banned from contact with West Ham’s women’s and youth teams for 3 years as a consequence of safeguarding considerations. London Stadium had been unaware of the restrictions till the BBC’s report.
Sullivan was banned after a historic allegation about his conduct was raised with the Soccer Affiliation in 2023. He has beforehand stated the allegation was false and that as a result of he had by no means met any academy or ladies’s staff gamers “1-2-1” throughout his 16 years on the membership, he accepted what he noticed as a “meaningless restriction…for a quiet life”.
West Ham were relegated from the Premier League in May and are as a consequence of play their first residence recreation of the brand new season, a Carabao Cup match towards Portsmouth, on Saturday.
A spokesperson for London Stadium, the operator of the publicly owned venue, stated that “following media reviews on the finish of the season concerning a safeguarding matter being managed by the membership, London Stadium sought additional data to make sure it might fulfil its personal safeguarding obligations”.
It stated that West Ham had advised it that the “matter was investigated and that the membership doesn’t contemplate there to be an ongoing safeguarding threat related to Mr Sullivan attending the stadium”.
Nonetheless it stated that, regardless of this, it had advisable the businessman steer clear of video games due to the “potential for demonstrations and anti-social behaviour by some spectators”.
West Ham declined to remark. It’s understood that the membership intends to work with the stadium operators to facilitate Sullivan’s attendance at video games.
Mr Sullivan has not responded to a request for remark.
