It’s one of the trials of the year in England and all the country’s press is talking about only that. Since August 1, the former world championBenjamin Mendy is judged by the court of Chester in England, for a very sordid case. Almost a year ago, the 28-year-old defender was arrested by police on charges relating to him. In the end, 7 women accuse him of 8 rapes and an assault and with his accomplice Louis Saha Matturie (who has no relation to former player Louis Saha), they count 22 charges and continue to plead not guilty to all of them.
In today’s edition, The Parisian gives details of the case and in particular how Benjamin Mendy and his sidekick would have set up a well-established system for attracting women and commit their crimes. Louis Saha Matturie was reportedly responsible for bringing the women back to the footballer’s well-isolated mansion on the outskirts of Manchester. The latter would even offered to one of the victims to give him money for her to come and spend the evening at the sportsman’s “instead of working in a nightclub”reports our colleagues.
Women unconscious under the effects of alcohol and drugs
Benjamin Mendy used to organize big pool parties, in which the rules were well established. the mobile phone of some of the women invited was confiscated, while others were locked in one of the rooms with a panic room type lock, from which it is impossible to escape without knowing the code. To achieve their ends, the two men would have used alcohol and drugs to render their victims unconscious, specifies Le Parisien. According to them, some women “were drunk, asleep, or remembered little or nothing” when they wake up.
A visibly well-established operating mode and practices which would have extended from October 2018 to August 2021 if we are to believe the Attorney General during his playdoyer.
Benjamin Mendy remains presumed innocent of the charges against him until the final judgment.
The Parisian article on Benjamin Mendy’s trial can be found in today’s edition.