The former Man City star allegedly attacked Georgia Barton at their home in Kew, South West London.
Barton, 42, and wife Georgia had both drunk “four or five bottles of wine” with two other couples when a row is said to have taken place.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday that the former Premier League player had threatened to fight his wife’s brother and father in a “verbal disagreement about a family matter”.
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Barton then allegedly “grabbed [Georgia] and pushed her to the ground and kicked her in the head”, it was said.
The court heard that as a friend tried to intervene, Barton “threw” him off and said “don’t disrespect me”.
Georgia then rang the Police at 11pm to “report she had been hit by her husband”.
During a 999 call played to the court, she said: “Me husband’s just hit me in the house.
“He’s in the house, I’m outside.”
Asked if anything similar had happened before, she said: “No, it’s the first time,” adding that she had been hit “in the face”.
Police arrived 30 minutes later and Georgia told them: “I’ve been pushed down and kicked about and stuff.
“He said he was going to fight with my brother and my dad.”
Barton was then arrested at midnight in his bedroom and said to be still drunk.
The court heard that despite this the couple are still married and living together.
In her own evidence, Georgia told the court she and her husband had been “nose to nose” at one point but had not come to blows.
Barton was due to face trial in 2022 after pleading not guilty to assault by beating but this was halted when Georgia retracted her claims.
But, The High Court ruled last year that the trial could go ahead and that the previous decision to drop the case was “wrong in principle”.
Barton denies a single charge of assault by beating and the trial continues.
