A married British rugby kids coach has been revealed as the reveler accused by a glamorous Spanish influencer of touching her bottom during a social media livestream.
Gary Clarke appeared to extend his right arm as Isabella Gonzalez, better known to her legion of followers as Gonsabella, was streaming on Twitch from a pub in Benidorm.
Mr. Clarke, wearing a basketball vest with the logo of his club, Wath Brow Hornets, withdraws his hand as Miss Gonzalez turns to scold him.
She later told how she complained to police after accusing father-of-two Mr Clarke of being a ‘degenerate’.
Today Mr Clarke, his wife Emma and Wath Brow Hornets, who are based in Cleator Moor, Cumbria, all kept their silence about the incident when contacted by MailOnline.
Gary Clarke has been identified as the man who allegedly touched the Spanish influencer’s buttocks in Benidorm earlier this month
Mr Clarke (left and right) is a father of two, is ‘happily married’ according to a source and works as a youth rugby coach for Cumbrian amateur club Wath Brow Hornets.
Mr Clarke and his wife Emma made no comment on the alleged incident when contacted by MailOnline. A source said he was ‘highly respected’ in local rugby circles
It is likely to have been an embarrassment to the club as Mr Clarke, from Frizington, Cumbria, is youth coach for both the under-16s and under-11s.
Club secretary Amy Caddy said: ‘I will refer this to a director who is also a lawyer, but I have no comment.’
A source said: “Gary is highly respected in West Cumbria rugby league and is a loyal servant of Wath Brow Hornets. He is also a happily married man.’
It is understood Mr Clarke was with former team-mates and friends in Benidorm, a resort frequented in the past by Wath Brow players and officials, all of whom wore the same distinctive basketball vest he wore.
In the footage, taken on Wednesday, September 20, Mr Clarke can be seen sitting behind the 29-year-old influencer as she interacts with her online audience.
He then looks down and appears to move his right hand toward her as Ms. Gonzalez quickly turns around and says, “Uh, don’t touch,” in Spanish.
The man then turns away from her as a friend of his off camera says “I apologize” and “sorry, sorry” before someone puts a hand on Mr Clarke’s chest.
Mr. Clarke then turns and appears to raise his right hand apologetically.
Ms Gonzalez, who has 665,000 followers on Twitch, said she had since made a “formal complaint” to police at the Costa Blanca resort and said officers had been “delightful”.
In a social media post afterwards, she wrote: “They told me I did the right thing by reporting it, but it will be difficult to take appropriate action because they don’t have any more details about the man in question than what has happened. you see in the video.
“They said they would tell me if they had an update. I would like to thank all the people who took the time and effort to write to me.’
According to local media, Ms. Gonzalez explained to her fans after the incident that she had chosen a quiet part of the bar to set up her stream.
However, she claimed curious holidaymakers quickly gathered around her and made her feel like a ‘performing monkey’.
She said: ‘He grabbed me by my trousers, I don’t know whether to look at my bum or my panties or whatever… what a degenerate!’
Isabella Gonzalez posts photos of herself in tight dresses and bikinis on social media
She said she reported the incident to police in the Costa Blanca and described officers as ‘delightful’.
She said on her stream that the men in the bar had been “really drunk” and added: “That shouldn’t be an excuse for people to touch me.”
Mr Clarke was reportedly traveling to Benidorm with former teammates and friends when he met the Spanish influencer
She said after leaving the bar during her live broadcast: “They are really drunk.
‘But that shouldn’t be an excuse for people to touch me because I drink too and I never think about bothering anyone.
‘I don’t think what just happened is something I can report to the police. Let’s not get too dramatic, but you don’t have to touch anyone.
“It’s not an excuse, but at least the person who was with him said ‘sorry’ because he realized the other guy went over the top.”
The influencer, who regularly posts photos of herself in tight dresses and bikinis on social media, left her job at an English academy to stream full-time on platforms such as Twitch.
During her 2021 speech, she said: “After spending half a year studying, working and dedicating myself to streaming, something happened that none of us expected: a global pandemic that forced us to stay at home.
‘During that period I started devoting all my time to creating content and towards the end of the summer I decided to take the plunge and put all my efforts into something I really enjoy after discovering that this is where I could find my could make money with it.’