Scott Drewitt-Barlow and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow are co-owners of Maldon & Tiptree FC
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Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, was charged with multiple offences on Friday alongside Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32.
Both men, of Southwood Chase, Danbury, Essex, will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court later.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the men have been charged with arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation, as well as sexual offences including rape.
Barrie Drewitt-Barlow became Britain’s first gay surrogate parent in 1999.
Scott Drewitt-Barlow is the co-owner of Maldon and Tiptree football club.
The CPS said Barrie Drewitt-Barlow has been charged with three counts of sexual assault on a male, four counts of rape of a man 16 or over and two counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation.
Scott Drewitt-Barlow has been charged with one count of sexual assault on a male, one count of rape of a man 16 or over, and two counts of arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation.
Essex Police said officers from the Serious Crime Directorate carried out co-ordinated searches at premises in Danbury, Maldon and Braintree on Wednesday and arrested two men.
The force said that since then they have been liaising with the Crown Prosecution Service.
