Benjamin Mendy is reportedly taking his former club Manchester City to the employment tribunal over claims he was owed by the club.
The Frenchman was cleared of several accusations of rape and attempted rape charge that was leveled against him as reported by Futballnews.
Manchester City reportedly stopped paying the Frenchman since September 2021 after he was first charged and remanded in custody.
We also understand that leading UK sports lawyer Nick De Marco is in charge of Mendy’s case and it is reported to be a “multi-million-pound claim” and will be heard in 2024.
Benjamin Mendy signed for Manchester City from Monaco in 2017 for a deal worth £52m and with the club he won the Premier League titles in 2018, 2019, and 2021.
The Frenchman was arrested for five months before being released on bail in January 2022, and then went to trial for the first time in August 2022.
Futballnews reported that he was cleared of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault back in January 2023. Again, he was subsequently cleared of raping a woman and attempting to rape another in July 2023 at a retrial.
Benjamin Mendy
Benjamin Mendy is a French professional footballer who was born on 17th July, 1994 and last played as a left-back for Manchester City but currently with Ligue 1 side Lorient.
Mendy also played for the France National team from 2017 until 2019.
Mendy started his playing career in 2010 with the AC Le Havre reserve team after graduating from Le Havre’s development program. A year later, he was promoted to the first squad.
He stayed with the organization until 2013, when he switched to Marseille of Ligue 1.
Benjamin Mendy played with Les Olympiens for the following three seasons before moving on to Monaco, where he won the national championship in 2016–17.
What Happened To Mendy?
Benjamin Mendy was accused of rape and attempted rape together with Louis Saha Matturie, 41, an alleged “fixer”, but was found not guilty by the jury of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers.
He was later set to face a separate trial later in the year after he pleaded not guilty in the January trials. He was later cleared of all charges.
The prosecution had accused Mendy of being a sexual “predator” who raped or sexually assaulted young women procured by Matturie at parties at his luxury home in the south of Manchester.
Benjamin Mendy however denied ever forcing any woman into sex and both said any sexual activity they had with women was consensual.
Mendy was suspended by Manchester City – which he joined from French club Monaco in 2017 – after the allegations were made.
The former Monaco defender has not played since August 15, 2021 — days before he was hit with an initial charge of four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
