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Benjamin Mendy, former Manchester City defender, is taking the club to court to claim 14 million euros in unpaid wages. The payments would have been stopped after his indictment in August 2021 for rape and attempted rape while the player was acquitted in July 2023.
It was an indictment that cost him dearly. Benjamin Mendy, the former Manchester City defender, has filed a complaint against the club and seeks £11.5 million (€14 million) in unpaid wages since his indictment in August 2021, during which he was suspended without salary by the club.
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After his first arrest in November 2020, Manchester City continued to pay his salary, but payments were stopped after his indictment. The club justified this decision by citing the conditions of his bail, which prevented him from fulfilling his contractual obligations. “At no time have Manchester City apologized to me, or even acknowledged that their actions cost me almost everything,” declared the player, currently at FC Lorient.
As reported The Telegram which is based on documents sent by the player to the Manchester employment tribunal, Benjamin Mendy quickly experienced financial difficulties, going so far as to sell his Cheshire mansion. “I had trouble paying child support, I felt very bad,” he said in a deposition. “Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez all lent me money to help me try to pay my legal fees and support my family.”
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In 2022, the player contacted the club’s head of football operations to find out when he would receive these unpaid wages but never received a response. “I believe it is fair and just that I be paid the salaries I would have earned if I had not been wrongly arrested for crimes I did not commit,” he added.
