The advice from London Stadium comes after a joint investigation by BBC Panorama and The Occasions revealed that seven ladies have accused Sullivan of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour. He has categorically denied the allegations.
He stood down as joint chairman of the membership shortly earlier than the investigation was broadcast, saying he needed to concentrate on preventing what he known as “factually incorrect and fully 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 ladies’s and youth groups for 3 years on account of safeguarding issues. London Stadium have 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 group 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 have been relegated from the Premier League in Could and are on account of play their first dwelling recreation of the brand new season, a Carabao Cup match in opposition to 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 info to make sure it might fulfil its personal safeguarding tasks”.
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”.
Nevertheless it stated that, regardless of this, it had beneficial 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.
