Every day, the jurors in the trial of Benjamin Mendy are hearing new testimonies from alleged victims and after listening to a first young woman who accuses him of attempted rape, it was a particularly terrible story they heard yesterday. Since August 10, one of the most publicized trials of the year has begun in Chester, England. It opposes 7 women, who accuse the former professional footballer of eight rapes, an attempted rape and a sexual assault for facts which allegedly took place between October 2018 and August 2021.
In this story, Benjamin Mendy is accused alongside the one who is presented as his accomplice, Louis Saha Matturie (no connection with the footballer Louis Saha) and the two men incur life imprisonment and certain elements could weigh heavily in the case. court case. A few days ago, the revelations about the player’s mansion and the interior-only locked rooms were of particular interest to the audience. Yesterday is so the video testimony of a young woman of 20 years which was presented to the jurors. The latter claims to have met the ex-Manchester City footballer in a bar not far from the latter’s home in October 2020.
I want my phone, I don’t know what you’re thinking. I don’t wanna make love to you
The complainant then went to the player’s mansion and that’s where her story becomes very dark. Benjamin Mendy allegedly accused her of taking photos of him with his phone and confiscated it, leaving for his room. The young woman follows him to recover her property, but she finds herself locked up with no way out. “Look, I want my phone, I don’t know what you’re thinking. I don’t wanna make love to you“, she would have said to him, before the sportsman answered him: “Anyway, the door is locked.”
Benjamin Mendy would have it then forced to strip before raping her three times in about twenty minutes. Despite the repeated refusals of the 20-year-old young woman, the player would therefore have abused her before slipping her: “Don’t tell anyone and you can come back here every night”. Disoriented, the complainant ended up leaving before filing a complaint three weeks later, after speaking to her relatives and to professionals specializing in the reception of victims of sexual violence. “I said no a lot of times, that’s what really makes me angry”she concludes her testimony.
Benjamin Mendy remains presumed innocent of the charges against him until the final judgment.