The hearing was told that on August 27, 2021, the Football Association (FA) issued him an interim suspension order which prevented him from taking part in 'any football related activity.'
Benjamin Mendy claims other Manchester City players were present at parties at his home and that teammates lent him money when the club stopped paying him.
The club continued paying Mr Mendy following his first arrest in November 2020, On August 26, 2021, he was charged with multiple offences and held in police custody. He was suspended by City the same day, for a period of 14 days, before being denied bail by a judge the following day. Court documents shared with the tribunal said Mr Mendy “very quickly ran out of money” and had to sell his Cheshire mansion to cover legal fees, bills and child support payments after his wages were withheld. “I struggled to pay my child support, I felt awful,” the footballer said in a written witness statement.
Mr Mendy said in his statement he "turned to socialising" to 'take my mind off things" following the death of his father in March 2020. However, during cross-examination, Sean Jones KC., representing City, said there was a "conscious pattern where you went about meeting women and having sex with them" that started before the death of his father.
He was asked if he told the club about his parties, and Mr Mendy said: "I would not say hello coach I'm having parties during Covid." He later added: "Professional obligation doesn't mean I can't go out." "I do, therefore, feel it incredibly unjust that Manchester City effectively singled me out from the team when I was doing nothing different to the rest of the team" he added. During his live evidence, Mr Mendy said: "Nothing happened to them."
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