Benjamin Mendy

Mendy, 28, is on trial charged with eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault.

"It has little to do with football. Mendy, 28, a French player who was suspended by Manchester City when he was charged a year ago, is accused of eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault. Mendy, 28, is on trial charged with eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault.

Man City's Benjamin Mendy raped three women in one night at his "isolated mansion", a court hears.

Mr Cray told the court how the defendants said in "broad terms" that all the women consented to sex willingly, with only a couple of allegations where there is a denial that anything sexual happened. The court heard how Mr Mendy's home, The Spinney, in Mottram St Andrew in rural Cheshire, was "part and parcel" of how he and Mr Matturie were able to abuse the women. Mr Cray said key features included the pair targeting "women who were so drunk almost to the extent that they had little or no memory of the incidents, or were asleep, or they were waking from sleep". Mr Cray said Mr Matturie was his friend and fixer, and he would "find young women and to create the situations where those young women could be raped and sexually assaulted". "The doors of restaurants and nightclubs were open to him, people wanted to be with him," Mr Cray said. He said the women were "disposable" to Mr Mendy.

The Manchester City defender stands trial at Chester Crown Court accused of eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual ...

He was granted bail in January on the condition he lived at his home address in Cheshire, surrendered his passport and promised not to contact the complainants. In their minds, and this could not be clearer, the stream of women they brought to their homes existed purely to be pursued for sex." These had a special locking mechanism, which created a “panic room” in case of burglary which can only be opened from the inside not the outside. And you don’t lose that right because you’ve been to a bar or dressed for a nightclub or gone to a footballer’s house. The prosecution added: "In broad terms however the defendants mostly say this: they say that the women -the witnesses - consented to sex, willingly, often enthusiastically. Some of the complainants are alleged to have been drunk with the defendants accused of wanting them to be drunk. "Saha was a helper, Mendy’s friend and ‘fixer.’ He had use of a flat in Manchester that Mendy paid for and, during 2018 -2021, they were very close," the prosecution continued. The prosecution stated: "Our case is that the defendants’ pursuit of these 13 women turned them into predators, who were prepared to commit serious sexual offences. "Put another way, the prosecution accept that, some women would consent to have sex with Mendy, but not every woman would or did. Together, they had convinced themselves that the free, informed consent to sex of the women who came into their orbits, just did not matter." "These women were disposable: things to be used for sex, then thrown to one side. Co-defendant Matturie, 41, has also pleaded not guilty to eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault relating to eight women between July 2012 and August 2021.

Benjamin Mendy, who has been accused of eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape, has arrived at court for the ...

A jury of eight men and four women were sworn in for the trial last Wednesday. It is expected to last for more than three months. The jurors were asked a number of questions before they were sworn in. The alleged offences against seven young women are claimed to have taken place at Mendy's home between October 2018 and August 2021.

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was described by prosecutors as a "predator" who could not take no for an answer as the trial began Monday of the ...

"In their minds, and this could not be clearer, the stream of women they brought to their homes existed purely to be pursued for sex." Timothy Cray, the lawyer for the prosecution, opened the trial at Chester Crown Court in northwest England by telling the jury: "The prosecution case is simple. He is alleged to have committed the offenses against seven young women between October 2018 and August last year.

London: The trial of Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy began on Monday, with the footballer accused of eight counts of rape. The French soccer player was ...

Both defendants are on bail and the trial is expected to last up to 15 weeks. He is alleged to have committed the offenses against seven young women between October 2018 and August last year, however, he denies the charges. The alleged offences span July 2012 to August last year.

The 28-year-olds trial for eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault began at Chester Crown Court on Monday; ...

"It has little to do with football. Mendy, 28, a French player who was suspended by Manchester City when he was charged a year ago, is accused of eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault. Manchester City left-back Benjamin Mendy and a friend turned the "pursuit of women for sex into a game", their rape trial has heard.

Manchester City player and alleged 'fixer' accused of 'callous indifference' to 13 young women they allegedly attacked.

Two of the women said Mendy raped them in rooms they believed to be locked. The point is that you have to know how to open them from the inside, and you’ll perhaps see how the witnesses might have gotten the impression … that they are locked in,” said Cray. Some of the women told police they had their phones taken off them on arrival. Two of the women told police they were “passed between” both men at Mendy’s multimillion-pound mansion, where he held pool parties. The pair are accused of showing “callous indifference” to the 13 young women they allegedly attacked. The alleged offences by Mendy are said to have taken place at his gated mansion in the hamlet of Mottram St Andrew, near Macclesfield, between October 2018 and 2021.

The Manchester City defender stands accused of raping and sexually assaulting seven different women on five different occasions at his isolated mansion in ...

That was the effect of deliberate, planned, choices the defendants made and the desires they let loose many times.” Mendy was allegedly vaginally raping her from behind saying, “Don’t move, don’t move”, the jury heard. The court heard that on Friday, July 23, 2021 Mendy held a pool party at his house.

The Manchester City defender has been charged with eight counts of rape, one of sexual assault and one of attempted rape - the Frenchman, who moved from ...

Saha is also accused of sexually assaulting the woman in her early 20s and allegedly raping one of the same women in her late teens who claims she was also raped by Mendy at the party. Saha is also accused of raping a 19-year-old after a party at the rented Salford flat in March 2021. Mendy is then accused of two counts of rape against a 17-year-old girl in the downstairs office of his house after a night out in August 2021. He is then accused of sexually assaulting another teenager in Sheffield in 2016 and again no complaint was made at the time. Mendy is then accused of raping a woman in her early 20s and two women in their late teens after a pool party at his house in July 2021. Saha is then accused of raping and sexually assaulting the same 19-year-old a few weeks later after night outs in Manchester, the court heard. One of the women in their late teens claimed she woke up on the sofa to find Mendy holding her arms behind her back, allegedly raping her saying ‘Don’t move, don’t move’. Mr Cray said: “She says she felt unable to leave the address as she was reliant on her friend driving her home. Mendy is then accused of three counts of rape against a woman in her mid 20s during a party at his house in October 2020. On seeing this Mendy took the phone from her and said he was going to check it.” It was claimed the woman entered Mendy’s bedroom and he told her ‘I just want to look at you, I'll give you the phone back if you take your clothes off’. Mendy allegedly attempted to rape a woman in her late 20s at his home in Mottram St Andrew, known as ‘The Spinney’, in October 2018.