CHESTER, United Kingdom - Former Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy broke down in tears on Friday, as a UK jury cleared him of sex offences. Mendy, 28, put his head on his knees and wiped away tears on hearing the verdict at the end of the three-week trial...
Jurors also failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against Matturie by five other women.The prosecution had alleged that Mendy was a sexual “predator” who raped or sexually assaulted young women procured by Matturie at parties at his luxury home south of Manchester.
Mendy a record signing for a defender when he moved to Manchester City from French club Monaco in 2017, played 75 times for City.The last of his 10 caps for France came in November 2019, after the defender won the World Cup in 2018. The footballer’s lawyers said in a statement after the verdict that he was “delighted” to have been acquitted in both trials.
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