(CNN) England footballer Adam Johnson has been charged with three child-sex offenses with a person under 16 and one of sexual grooming.

Johnson, who was initially arrested by Durham Police on March 2, will appear before Peterlee Magistrates' Court on May 20.

"We have reviewed the available evidence in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and concluded that there is a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest to charge Adam Johnson with one offence of meeting a child following sexual grooming, contrary to Section 15 of the Sexual Offenses Act 2003 and three offenses of sexual activity with a child, contrary to Section 9 of the Sexual Offense Act 2003," Gerry Wareham, chief crown prosecutor for the Northeast of England, in a statement.

"The alleged offenses date from 30 December 2014 to 26 February 2015."

Wareham said that the offenses are alleged to have been committed on one girl who was aged 15 at the time.

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