A French international footballer who plays for English Premier League champions Manchester City has been acquitted of raping four women at his home in the northwest of England.
Benjamin Mendy, 28, went on trial in August 2022 on charges relating to seven women between October 2018 and August 2021. He maintained all the women consented.
Mendy—who played for France between 2017 and 2019—was suspended by Manchester City after he was arrested on Aug. 26, 2021.
On Friday a jury of eight men and four women at Chester Crown Court found him not guilty of six counts of rape, allegedly committed against four women, and acquitted him of one count of sexual assault against a fifth woman. He was acquitted of another rape charge on the judge’s directions, in September….