At the end of the 14 days of deliberation by the court of Chester, in the north of England, the jury acquits him of six rapes and a sexual assault on four women. But it failed to reach a verdict on a seventh count of rape and attempted rape.
Thus, Benjamin Mendy He will be retried starting June 26 on those charges, the judge announced. Steven Everett.
The French international defender, suspended for more than a year by his club Manchester Cityhad appeared since the beginning of August in the court of Chester. Charged with seven rapes, one attempted rape and one sexual assault, he faced life in prison.
He also accused Louis Saha Matturie (no link to the former player louis saha), presented as his accomplice, was found not guilty on three counts of rape and the jury returned a deadlock on three other counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
At the hearing, the prosecution presented Benjamin Mendy as a “predator”who would have abused victims “vulnerable, terrified and isolated”.
The footballer denied having been “a danger to women”claiming to have only had consensual sexual relations.
Winner of the 2018 World Cup with the selection of France, Mendy he entered prison at the end of August 2021 and spent more than four months in preventive detention.
Released at the beginning of January 2022, he was placed under judicial control pending his trial.
Benjamin Mendy became the most expensive defender in history in 2017 when the Manchester City I pay 52 million pounds (near €61.4 million to current change) to Monaco for your services.
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