New York City Football Club is investigating a sexual harassment allegation against former striker David Villa, the team announced Wednesday.
"New York City Football Club has learned of the allegations made by a former intern by seeing them on social media," the club wrote in a statement. "We take this matter extremely seriously and we do not tolerate harassment of any kind in any areas of our organization. We immediately launched an investigation into the matter."
Last week, a former NYCFC intern—who goes by the name of Skyler B on Twitter—described Villa "touching me every f---ing day" during Villa's five-year stint with the club.