Benjamin Mendy

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Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of six counts of rape (BBC News)

The Manchester City footballer faces a retrial on two counts the jury could not reach verdicts on.

Matthew Conway, prosecuting, said: "The prosecution has made a decision. The prosecution has sought a retrial on the two counts the jury failed to reach a verdict on and it has been scheduled for 26 June. The jury failed to reach a verdict on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against Mr Matturie. Mr Mendy's lawyer said he was "delighted" to have been cleared of sex attacks on four women and looked forward to clearing his name at a retrial over two other allegations and "rebuilding his life". The jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will take place. But after 14 days of deliberation, jurors could not reach verdicts on Mr Mendy's alleged attempted rape of a woman, 29, in 2018 and the alleged rape of another woman, 24, in October 2020.

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Man City's Mendy found not guilty of six counts of rape (ESPN)

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty on Friday on six counts of rape and one of sexual assault.

Louis Saha Matturie, 41, who was the co-accused alongside Mendy and is alleged to be a "fixer," was found not guilty on three counts of rape relating to two teenagers. The verdicts could not be reported until jurors concluded considering the remaining two counts. The not guilty verdicts related to four young women or teenagers.

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Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy cleared of six rape ... (The Guardian)

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.

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Benjamin Mendy cleared of six counts of rape and one of sexual ... (The Athletic)

Judge Steven Everett discharged jurors after they failed to reach majority verdicts in the remaining cases, ending the trial. Mendy and Matturie will now face ...

Given there are open matters related to this case, the Club is not in a position to comment further at this time.” He said: “The prosecution has made a decision. Matturie was also found not guilty of two counts of rape against the same woman at the same time. In September, Mendy was found not guilty of one count of rape on the direction of the judge at his trial. Matthew Conway, prosecuting, said the prosecution wanted to seek a retrial on the counts the jury could not reach verdicts on. Jurors could not reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape following a six-month trial at Chester Crown Court.

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Manchester City player Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of six ... (CNN)

Manchester City football player Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault at Chester Crown Court, ...

“Manchester City FC notes the verdict from Chester Crown Court today, where a jury has found Benjamin Mendy not guilty of seven charges. The court official told CNN that jurors were unable to reach verdicts on one count of rape and another of attempted rape in Mendy’s trial, which began in August 2022. Mendy’s friend and co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, was found not guilty of three counts of rape.

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Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy Found Not Guilty on Rape ... (Bleacher Report)

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty on six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by an English jury Friday.

[charged](https://news.sky.com/story/manchester-city-footballer-benjamin-mendy-charged-with-four-counts-of-rape-12391379) with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in August 2021, which prompted Manchester City to [suspend him](https://www.mancity.com/news/club/club-statement-63765586) pending the outcome of the investigation. "Manchester City FC notes the verdict from Chester Crown Court today, where a jury has found Benjamin Mendy not guilty of seven charges. 15, 2021, to open the 2021-22 season. The judge told the jury to find Mendy innocent of that charge as a result. [issued a statement](https://www.mancity.com/news/club/club-statement-manchester-city-63809207) on the matter: [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-63677581), the jury was unable to reach a verdict on separate counts of rape and attempted rape, and prosecutors intend to seek a retrial at a later date.

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English jury finds Manchester City defender not guilty of rape charges (The Washington Post)

An English jury found Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy not guilty Friday on six charges of rape and one count of sexual assault after several women ...

And you have watched it play out, unusually, in front of your eyes. “What you have actually seen with your own eyes in this case is — I hesitate to use the word — a real life liar,” Eleanor Laws, one of Mendy’s attorneys, said in her closing argument. The incidents took place during parties at his mansion in Cheshire, England, and an apartment in Manchester, some of them held illegally during England’s

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The Benjamin Mendy trial (The Athletic)

On Friday, the jury in Benjamin Mendy's rape trial walked into Courtroom Three of Chester Crown Court and informed the judge they were unable to reach verdicts ...

Matturie was also charged with two counts of rape in relation to the same woman. The jury began their deliberations on the afternoon of December 5 but were only in discussions for two hours. “I was trying to get my hands in front of me from behind me.” “I remember trying to get away,” the court heard. A raft of COVID-19 infections in the squad had caused City’s previous fixture against Both Mendy and Matturie had already been cleared of other counts on a remarkable day in court in September, when a video, showing the complainant engaging in consensual sex with Matturie, was eventually played to the jury. Woman Two accused Mendy of raping her vaginally, anally and orally in October 2020. “My client Benjamin Mendy would like to thank the members of the jury for their dedication and commitment,” she said. He made little attempt to disguise how unprofessional some of his behaviour appeared, with his barrister saying it had “distasteful aspects”. He also played in the club’s Community Shield defeat by [Leicester City](https://theathletic.com/football/team/leicester-city/) at Wembley a week earlier. Given there are open matters related to this case, the Club is not in a position to comment further at this time.” Mendy said he stopped being paid by the club in September 2021, having earned around £100,000 a week since signing a six-year deal in July 2017.

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