Ex-Man City player Benjamin Mendy cleared of rape
Benjamin Mendy, the former Manchester City defender, was on Friday cleared of all rape charges at a UK court.
The French defender had been accused of raping a woman and attempting to rape another.
Mendy was accused of attacking a woman at his £4 million home in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire in October 2020.
Another lady also claimed the footballer attempted to raper her.
The accusations came after he was cleared of six rapes at an earlier trial in January.
But on Friday, a Chester Crown court cleared Mendy of any wrongdoing following a three weeks trial involving a 12-member jury.
“Mr Mendy can be discharged from the dock,” Steven Everett, the presiding judge, said.
Mendy, through Jenny Wiltshire, his lawyer, thanked the jury for “focusing on evidence” during the trial.
“Benjamin Mendy would like to thank the members of the jury for focussing on the evidence in this trial, rather than on the rumour and innuendo that have followed this case from the outset,” Wiltshire said.
“This is the second time that Mr Mendy has been tried and found not guilty by a jury. He is delighted that both juries reached the correct verdicts.”
Wiltshire further asked that the privacy of Mendy, his client, be respected “so he can begin rebuilding his life.”
Before his ordeal, Mendy had played 75 matches for Manchester City in six years at the club.
His contract expired this month.
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