The 28-year-old football player, whose deal with Manchester City ends on Friday, denies one allegation of attempted r*pe and a different accusation of r*pe and Benjamin Mendy claims he has slept with 10000 girls
Mendy was in court for a retrial after the jury in his first r*pe trial was unable to decide on two accusations. He was accused of r*ping a lady in October 2020 at his £4 million Cheshire property when she was 24. Additionally, he is charged with attempting to r*pe a different lady, who was 29 at the time, two years prior. However, he denies two counts of attempted r*pe that are said to have occurred in October 2018 and October 2020, respectively.
Benjamin Mendy told rape victim he had s*x with over 10000 girls as heard during trial
Judge Stephen Everett has informed the Chester Crown Court jury that Mendy, a French international football player, was found not guilty of the s*xual assaults claimed by other women during a trial that concluded in January of this year. In January, Mendy was found not guilty of six charges of r*pe and one count of s*xual assault against four women.
Mendy had to go through a new trial because the jury was deadlocked on the verdicts for one count of r*pe and one count of attempted r*pe against two more claimed victims. The judge cautioned them to base their decisions only on the facts presented in the current trial and not on the specifics of the previous trial or media coverage.
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What are the two new charges?
“Benjamin Mendy is a football player who was under contract to Manchester City FC,” Benjamin Aina KC said when introducing the case to the jury. He would host social events and parties at his house, The Spinney, in Mottram St. Andrew, Cheshire. He would invite both men and women to his social events.
According to the prosecution, Mr Mendy took advantage of two of his female guests on separate occasions. “He once attempted to engage in coerced s*xual activity with a female guest named Lady A. On another occasion, he assaulted Lady B, a female guest, in one of his bedrooms.”
The first case
According to Mr Aina, Mendy first encountered Lady A, a UK student, in a Barcelona nightclub in late 2017 and she later became personal with one of his pals. They continued in touch, and a year later she planned a visit to Mendy’s friend’s home, where they had all slept after a night out with other females.
The court heard that Mendy showed up unannounced the following morning as she had a shower in the en-suite bathroom, just wearing boxer shorts and clutching himself. He was “ar**sed” at the incident. The victim allegedly told Mendy many times to stop before he allegedly grabbed her and attempted to r*pe her on the bed as she struggled to get away.
The second one
Women B was asked to come to the footballer’s home two years later while they were out with friends at a pub in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, not far from Mendy’s residence. She claims that after taking her phone, which she said contained images, Mendy brought her to his closed bedroom as she begged for her phone back.
Mr Mendy instructed her to remove her clothing and said, “I just wanna have a look at you.” Mendy is accused of grabbing her from behind as she reached for it, robbing her despite her assurances to him that she did not want s*xual activity.
“Mr Mendy took a step back at this point and said, ‘You’re too shy,'” Mr Aina claimed to the jury. “Mr Mendy said, ‘It’s fine. I’ve had s*x with 10,000 women’”. On both occasions, Mendy admitted to having had consensual s*x and denied any misconduct.
Man City is set to let Mendy go
As Mr Mendy’s contract expires today, Manchester City is no longer his employer. The club has suspended him since his arrest in August 2021. The defender moved to City from Monaco in 2017 for £52 million, and despite ongoing injury issues, he helped the team win three Premier League championships.
The trial is still ongoing and is anticipated to last three weeks.