Testimonies continue for what will go down as one of the most publicized trials of the year. Since August 10, the world champion with the Blues in 2018 Benjamin Mendy is in the dock on the side of the court in Chester, England. The 28-year-old footballer is accused of 8 rapes, an attempted rape and a sexual assault by 7 different women for facts which allegedly took place between October 2018 and August 2021. In this case, he is not the only one accused. cause since Louis Saha Matturie (no link with the footballer Louis Saha) would be his accomplice in this affair.
The first days made it possible to learn more about the profile of Benjamin Mendy, but also about his home, a superb mansion worth several million euros with rooms whose locking intrigued many. Then came the first testimonies from the alleged victims. Two women followed one another last week and this Monday, it was the turn of several new witnesses, including one close to the so-called “Woman two” to testify before the jury. A woman who was with the complainant in the footballer’s mansion at the time of the events and who was the first to find her after the three successive rapes she allegedly suffered.
A young woman in “shock” and “silent”
“She looked dead”she describes, referring to the complainant, once out of the room of the former footballer, assuring that she “was livid”. Visibly in a state of shock, “Woman two” is at its worst, as her friend assures her. “It looked like she had seen a ghost”, adds the young woman who came to testify. The alleged victim then went for a checkup at Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Center (SARC) in Manchester and the medical examiner said she observed a woman “silent and in tears” and who looked “in a state of shock” during the exam. However, the medical examiner could not determine whether there had been rape or not…
Benjamin Mendy remains presumed innocent of the charges against him until the final judgment.