Former Manchester City footballer Joey Barton attacked his wife during a drunken row at their family home, a court has heard.
He is alleged to have pushed his wife to the floor before kicking her in the head. Georgia Barton was left with a lump on her forehead and a bleeding nose after the alleged assault while drinking with two other couples while their children slept upstairs.
Friends were forced to intervene in the argument between the pair – pulling Barton away from his wife, according to prosecutors.
The former midfielder, 42, denies assaulting Georgia Barton, 38, in Kew, south-west London in June 2021, where they had been drinking with two other couples while their children slept upstairs.
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