Manchester City striker Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty. six rape and one sexual assault cases, As ruled by the Chester (England) court this Friday.
However, the jury did not reach a decision on rape and attempted rapeopens the possibility of retrial of these cases in a new process.
Mendy, 28, was suspended by Manchester City in August 2021 when the cases arose, and the footballer himself refused to plead guilty in May 2022. The case against himself and his friend louis field (not related to the football player of the same name) It started on August 10, 2022.
After that 14 days of negotiation, The jury, consisting of seven men and four women, unanimously decided that Mendy’s innocent It is one in seven of the charges brought against him, while he failed to reach a verdict on the attempted rape of a woman in 2018 and the attempted rape of another woman in October 2020.
Mendy’s friend Saha revealed not guilty of three counts of rape of two teenagers by the jury. However, the jury has yet to reach a verdict on the three rapes and three sexual assaults against her.
According to Mendy’s words at the trial, accusations haunt “for life”, His life in football was “over” and it was “hell”.
The accusations, Mendy’s “Hunter“The one who met the girls at Manchester nightclubs and invited them to private parties at the Cheshire estate where the attacks allegedly took place.
it was mendy Arrested for the first time in November 2022For allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman 3 times. After he was released under investigation, before he was accused of sexual harassment by a different woman. While he was released on bail, three other women, including a 17-year-old, accused him of rape.