Former Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy broke down in tears on Friday, as a UK jury cleared him of sex offences, ending a three-year court ordeal. | Sport24news
Mendy, 28, put his head on his knees and wiped away tears on hearing the verdict at the end of the three-week trial at Chester Crown Court in northwest England.
But jurors in that trial had been unable to reach a verdict on two other counts resulting in a retrial. Jurors also failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against Matturie by five other women.The prosecution had alleged that Mendy was a sexual"predator" who raped or sexually assaulted young women procured by Matturie at parties at his luxury home south of Manchester.
The trials meant that he missed Manchester City's treble last season of the English Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.
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