Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy borrowed cash from team-mates for authorized charges and little one help after he was charged with sexual offences, an employment tribunal heard on Monday. Mendy is claiming £11.5 million ($15 million) in unpaid wages by the Premier League champions, who stopped paying him after he was charged with rape and sexual assault in 2021. The ex-France worldwide was discovered not responsible of six counts of rape and one rely of sexual assault in January 2023, however the identical jury couldn’t attain a verdict on one other rely of rape and one rely of tried rape.
After a retrial, Mendy was discovered not responsible of each costs.
Mendy, who joined City from Monaco for a reported £52 million in 2017, was launched by the membership in June 2023 following the expiry of his contract.
Court paperwork shared with the Manchester employment tribunal mentioned Mendy “in a short time ran out of cash” and needed to promote his Cheshire mansion to cowl authorized charges, payments and little one help funds after his wages had been withheld.
“I struggled to pay my little one help, I felt terrible,” the footballer mentioned in a witness assertion.
“Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez all lent me cash to assist me attempt to pay my authorized charges and help my household.”
Mendy, who now performs for French Ligue 2 membership Lorient, claimed to have been assured by a senior City official he would obtain his unpaid wages as soon as he had been cleared of the costs.
The membership continued paying Mendy’s £500,000 a month wage following his first arrest in November 2020, however argued they didn’t must after he was charged due to his bail situations and a Football Association suspension meant he was not in a position to carry out his duties as a participant.
“At no level have Manchester City apologised to me and even acknowledged how their actions virtually price me every thing,” added Mendy’s witness assertion.
“I consider that it’s truthful and only for me to be paid the wages that I’d have earned however for being falsely arrested for crimes that I didn’t commit.”
The employment tribunal is anticipated to final for 2 days.
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