Benjamin Mendy

Former French international will face another trial after no verdicts reached on one charge of rape and one of attempted rape.

Come forward and we will listen to you, we will take action and we will provide you with the support that you need.” The jury was unable to reach verdicts on six other counts against the 41-year-old: four alleged rapes against three women and the alleged sexual assault of two women. He said he reflected on his behaviour while sitting in his cell, and realised only then that it was possible to “hurt” women’s feelings even “if we were both OK to have sex”. Mendy will go on trial over the two remaining charges on 26 June – two and half years after he was first arrested. In a statement issued by his solicitors after the verdicts, Mendy said he was “delighted” with the acquittals. Mendy, who appeared close to tears in the court dock, had been accused of being a “predator” who turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game during parties, some held during Covid lockdowns, at his £4.8m home.

Benjamin Mendy cleared of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault; the jury has been discharged after it failed to reach a verdict on two further ...

We are at a point now where we can't agree." "We are committed to investigating all allegations of rape and sexual assault - no matter how long ago they took place. On Friday, the judge asked if the jury would reach verdicts if they had more time.

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of sex attacks on four women, as jurors failed to reach verdicts on two others following a ...

He will go on trial for those charges in the week from 18 September. Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denied six counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to seven young women, between July 2012 and August 2021. Mendy had denied seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women, between October 2018 and August 2021. A re-trial on the outstanding two charges will begin on 26 June. Jurors also failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against him by five other women. Louis Saha Matturie, 41, his co-accused and alleged "fixer" was found not guilty by the jury of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers.