Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been charged with sexual assault.
The 51-year-old was arrested at Durham station on August 20 and on Monday British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed that he had been charged with one count of sexual assault by touching.
Gascoigne took to Twitter to protest his innocence, saying he had stepped in to comfort a woman after she was called “a fat cow”. Two of his tweets regarding the case were deleted minutes later.
A spokeswoman for BTP said: “A man is due to appear in court next month charged in connection with the sexual assault of a woman on board a train from York to Durham.
“Paul Gascoigne, of Leicester, was charged via postal requisition with one count of sexual assault by touching, contrary to Section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
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He will appear at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on December 11.
Police have denied they asked Gascoigne for a selfie.
A further entry on Twitter claimed that when officers had been to visit him in Newcastle to talk about the case they had “asked for a selfie”. He said: “I suppose there only doing there job but deep inside I’m hurting”.