Pippa Middleton’s father-in-law David Matthews faces SECOND rape allegation as another ‘victim’ comes forward
PIPPA Middleton’s father-in-law faces a fresh police quiz after a second woman came forward to accuse him of rape.
The woman is understood to have claimed that David Matthews, 74, forced her to have sex with him in the 1980s.
Detectives from South Yorkshire Police are investigating.
Multi-millionaire Mr Matthews was last week accused by French prosecutors over claims he raped a minor.
The tycoon — dad to Pippa’s husband James, 42, and I’m A Celeb star Spencer, 29 — was accused of two offences between 1998 and 1999 by a woman now in her 30s.
One is said to have happened on the Caribbean island of St Barts, where Mr Matthews owns the £5,000-a-night Eden Rock Hotel. The second allegedly took place in Paris.
He was charged with the rape of a minor.
Under French law suspects are charged when they are brought before a court but the allegations are still being investigated.
A spokesman for Mr Matthews said of the French probe: “David Matthews categorically denies the allegation and unequivocally contests the untrue and scandalous accusation.”
James Matthews married Pippa, 34 — the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister — last summer.
South Yorkshire Police refused to comment.