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Done Deal: Benjamin Mendy joins Lorient on two-year deal

Done Deal: Benjamin Mendy joins Lorient on two-year deal

Former Manchester City defender and France international Benjamin Mendy has signed a two-year deal with Ligue 1 club Lorient. The announcement by the French club comes just five days after he was found not guilty of rape and attempted rape at Chester Crown Court in Manchester. https://twitter.com/FCLorient/status/1681589789999472641?s=20 Mendy had also been found not guilty of a six-count charge of sexual-related offences against different women at an...

Former Man City defender Mendy cleared of rape charges

Former Man City defender Mendy cleared of rape charges

French defender Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of rape and attempted rape by a jury at Chester Crown Court in England. The former Manchester City player was accused of raping a 24-year-old woman in a bedroom at his Cheshire home in October 2020. Mendy was also charged with the attempted rape of a 29-year-old woman who had claimed he molested her at his home...

Man City star Mendy cleared of rape charges

Man City star Mendy cleared of rape charges

Manchester City left-back Benjamin Mendy has been declared not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. The jury was unable to reach verdicts on one other count of rape and one count of attempted rape, following a six-month-long trial at the Chester Crown Court in Chesire. The jury, which consists of seven men and four women, delivered the unanimous verdicts on...