Benjamin Mendy’s life changed at the end of August 2021. World champion with the France team in 2018, the 27-year-old footballer found himself placed in pre-trial detention after being accused of four rapes and a sexual assault by three women. , including a minor. Accusations that have accumulated over time and the former OM player is now accused of seven rapes by four different women. After several months in a prison near Liverpool, he was finally released on January 7 and placed under judicial supervision pending trial.
This Wednesday, February 2, Benjamin Mendy was summoned this afternoon to the Chester court as part of the preliminary hearing, necessary for his trial, which should be held this summer. Originally scheduled for January 24, this hearing was postponed and the former Manchester City player therefore found himself appearing today. Arrived in a large Mercedes van, the sportsman was dressed very soberly. A long black coat, a dark suit and a black mask over his face, he was accompanied by a bodyguard and took care to avoid the journalists and photographers present on the spot.
Very quickly entered the Chester court, Benjamin Mendy must therefore appear for his trial which should take place in a few months. For the time being, he is obliged to reside at his home, had to hand over his passport to the authorities and is prohibited from contacting the complainants. The French international is targeted by seven counts of rape on four women and one count of sexual assault on a fifth, for facts which would extend between October 2020 and August 2021. The maximum sentence that he incurs, if he pleads not guilty, life.