The events involving the international player occurred between October 2020 and August 2021.
Manchester City’s French international defender Benjamin mendy, 27, was charged with two new rapes, announced Tuesday the Crown Prosecution Service, the entity in charge of judicial proceedings in England.
Now mendy must face six rape charges and one for sexual assault.
Another man, Louis Saha Matturie, 40 years old, unrelated to the former footballer Louis Saha and whose relationship with Mendy has not been clarified, he was accused of two additional rapes -for a total of six-, as well as a sexual assault
The Facts Involving Mendy occurred between October 2020 and August 2021, while Matturie’s indictments are from March to August 2021.
The two men were summoned to court in Stockport on Wednesday. The trial is due to begin on January 24.
They are both incarcerated and his requests to regain provisional liberty have been rejected on several occasions.
Mendy was placed in provisional detention at the end of August. The City, in which he has played since 2017, had suspended him minutes before the announcement made by the police.
Four women reported both men.
To sign Mendy, one of the great hopes of French football a few years ago, the City paid 60 million euros ($ 68 million) to Monaco, becoming the most expensive defender in history at the time.
His career has been marked by injuries, but he was part of the French team that won the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (D)
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