HULL FC winger Jason Crookes will appear in court to face charges that he assaulted two women in a city bar.
The 22-year-old has been summonsed to appear at Hull Magistrates' Court in June, where he will face two charges of common assault.
It is alleged he slapped one woman and punched another on the dancefloor of Soho Bar in Posterngate, city centre, in December last year.
Mr Crookes was voluntarily interviewed by detectives after a photograph of a man wanted in connection with the assault appeared as part of the Mail's Caught On Camera campaign in January.
Police released an image of the suspect, which was taken on a mobile phone inside the bar.
After three months of further inquiries, detectives this week served a court summons on Mr Crookes.
A spokeswoman for Humberside Police confirmed: "Police have served a summons on a 22-year-old man. He is due to appear at Hull Magistrates' Court in June charged with two assaults."
Each charge of common assault carries a maximum prison sentence of six months.
Mr Crookes is the squad for tomorrow's Challenge Cup tie at the KC Stadium against North Wales Crusaders.
It will be his 23rd birthday.
Yesterday, he trained with the team at the club's Elite Training Centre base at YPI, on Chanterlands Avenue, west Hull.
Mr Crookes signed a three-year deal with the club in September last year from the Bradford Bulls.
After he was questioned by police following the image in Caught On Camera, fans expressed their shock on the social networking site Twitter.
Michael Hood wrote: "Has Jason Crookes got his career at Hull off to a bad start?"
Karl Hutchinson wrote: "Is this new FC signing Jason Crookes in HDM today?"
Tom Nurden said: "Hope the picture in the Hull Daily Mail isn't Jason Crookes."
A spokesman for Hull FC declined to comment.
