The football agent Saif Rubie has been charged with the offence of making a malicious communication.
The charge follows a police investigation into claims the former Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia had been the victim of blackmail.
Rubie is due to attend Westminster Magistrates Court on November 23.
Advertisement
A police statement said: “Saif Al Rubie, 44, of Stevenage Road, Hammersmith has been charged with malicious communications.
“He has been bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 23 November.”
(Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
ncG1vNJzZmismJqutbTLnquim16YvK57knBqb2pgZnxzfJFrZmpoX2eEcL%2FAop1mqqWXtqZ5zJqpoqaRYrSzrc2orayjkZ6ucA%3D%3D