Benjamin Mendy has not finished his legal marathon. Although he was found not guilty in July 2023, the current FC Lorient player is now fighting to recover just under 14.5 million euros in unpaid wages from Manchester City, the club for which he played. time of the facts with which he was accused. In his defense file, to which The Telegraphhad access, he implicates ex-partners who, according to him, participated in controversial evenings, particularly during the Covid-19 confinement. “Several Manchester City first team players, including the club captain, were all present at the parties I attended and organized. (…) The difference between me and the other Manchester players City is that I was the one who was falsely accused of rape and publicly humiliated.”he declares.
If he does not name anyone directly, the French international charges his club. “I can’t help but think that the club is trying to make it appear that I was acting recklessly, and that my alleged recklessness led to me being arrested for crimes I did not commit.”. He denounces an injustice and a difference in treatment with his ex-partners. “I can’t help but think that the club is trying to make it appear that I was acting recklessly, and that my alleged recklessness led to me being arrested for crimes I didn’t commit.”
Before adding that, according to him, the club was aware. “I was just as ready, willing and able to carry out my duties as the other Manchester City players who Manchester City knew had attended the parties and who, from Manchester City’s point of view, acted recklessly. ” It remains to be seen whether justice will adhere to Benjamin Mendy’s speech in his upcoming judgment against his former club.
