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Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink has died‚ aged 38‚ weeks after he was dropped from the
World Cup over a sexual assault arrest in the
United Kingdom. The
Dutch Football Association have today confirmed Dieperink's death.
Dutch newspaper AD say police are conducting an 'investigation following a deceased person' in the street where Dieperink lived. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was due to referee at this summer's
World Cup but was ultimately left at home by
FIFA. That came after he was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in a case that was ultimately dismissed.