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Andy Carroll names Kevin Adams as 2021 attacker

By Drooid · Oct 4, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Andy Carroll publicly named Kevin Adams as his 2021 sexual assault perpetrator.
The assault occurred in Carroll’s home after a Newcastle United match when Adams entered the spare room.
Kevin Adams was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court in September 2023 and sentenced to 20 months in prison.
He also received a ten-year sex-offender register term and a ban from the village.
Carroll disclosed the assault in his memoir “Owning It: In My Own Words,” released last month.

History

Historical Context

The 1994 Jacob Wetterling Act, prompted by the 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling, created the first nationwide sex-offender registry and threatened a 10% cut in federal crime-control funds for non-compliant states. A 1996 amendment (Megan’s Law) added mandatory community notification. Andy Carroll’s 2024 memoir cites Kevin Adams’s 2023 conviction and ten-year registration, illustrating how those precedents now drive local monitoring and village bans.

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Story summary

Andy Carroll publicly named Kevin Adams as his 2021 sexual assault perpetrator.
The assault occurred in Carroll’s home after a Newcastle United match when Adams entered the spare room.
Kevin Adams was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court in September 2023 and sentenced to 20 months in prison.
He also received a ten-year sex-offender register term and a ban from the village.
Carroll disclosed the assault in his memoir “Owning It: In My Own Words,” released last month.

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