Benjamin Mendy will go on trial early next year accused of the rape of two women and the sexual assault of a third alleged victim. The charges were not put to him and no pleas were entered during the hearing, which dealt largely with administrative matters ahead of the trial. Mendy was charged on August 26 with three counts of rape relating to an alleged incident in October 2020 and with the sexual assault of a woman in early January this year. Mendy has played for City since 2017, when he joined from Monaco for a reported £52million. Mendy, following him down the steps back to the cells, winked to a man in the public gallery as he was led down.

Source: Irish Examiner September 10, 2021 14:48 UTC