Suspended Premier League referee David Coote, has been caught on film snorting a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine.
The video is said to have been recorded while he was on duty at the 2024 Euros and shows Coote sniffing a white powder through a rolled-up US bank note.
David Coote was initially stood down by PGMOL, the refereeing body for English football, on Monday after a first video was posted to X which showed the referee making disparaging remarks about Liverpool and their former manager Jürgen Klopp.
UEFA followed suit later on Monday and removed Coote from this week’s UEFA Nations League fixtures, where he was due to act as a VAR.
The Sun claims the new video published on Wednesday, which has not been verified by ESPN, was filmed by Coote and shared to a friend on WhatsApp. It was allegedly taken at a UEFA-appointed hotel on July 6, the day after his final appointment at Euro 2024 as support VAR for the Portugal vs. France quarterfinal.
A statement issued by UEFA on Thursday confirmed an investigation for a potential violation of its regulations at the hotel had begun.
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Ain’t no party like a David Coote party coz da David Coote party don’t stop
— Premier League Match Centre (Parody) (@PL_Match_Centre) November 13, 2024
