Manchester City player Benjamin Mendy found not guilty on six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault

Benjamin Mendy throughout a sport with Manchester Metropolis in 2021.Rui VieiraPA

Manchester Metropolis footballer Benjamin Mendy He has been discovered not responsible of six instances of rape and one in all sexual assault, in line with an opinion this Friday the court docket of Chester (England). The jury has but to succeed in a verdict on one depend of rape and one depend of tried rape.

Mendy denies the ten expenses in opposition to him, and that concern occasions allegedly occurred between October 2018 and August 2021 at his residence in Prestbury, Cheshire. The footballer confronted life imprisonment.

The membership paid 60 million euros for Mendy, who was found at Marseille and spent a season at Monaco, making him the most costly defender in historical past on the time.

However his profession has since been marred by accidents, which have pressured him to spend extra time tending to his knees and muscular issues than kicking a ball. The French worldwide additionally hit the tabloid press within the fall of 2020, when his Lamborghini, valued at greater than 500,000 euros ($587,000), was seized, which he was driving and not using a license or insurance coverage. He pleaded responsible and was fined simply over 1,000 euros.