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Manchester Metropolis and French worldwide defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two extra counts of rape, prosecutors stated on Tuesday.
He now faces six counts of rape and one in every of sexual assault referring to 4 complainants aged over 16, with all of the alleged offences referring to the interval between October 2020 and August this yr.
A second man, Louis Saha Matturie, has been charged with two extra counts of rape and one in every of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service stated in an announcement.
Mendy, 27, from Prestbury, and Matturie, 40, from Eccles, each in northwest England, are attributable to seem earlier than magistrates in Stockport, close to Manchester, on Wednesday.
Court docket proceedings in Britain are topic to strict reporting restrictions earlier than any trial, to keep away from the chance of prejudicing a jury of their deliberations.
Each males beforehand appeared at Chester Crown Court docket on September 10, and had been instructed they’d stand trial on January 24 subsequent yr. The pair had been remanded in custody.
Manchester Metropolis’s Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two extra counts of rape, the Crown Prosecution Service stated.
He has been suspended since August after beforehand being charged with 4 counts of rape and one rely of sexual assault. pic.twitter.com/lkl0C8UB6X
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Mendy, a £52 million ($70 million) signing from Monaco in 2017, has performed 75 occasions for Metropolis, profitable three Premier League titles, however his taking part in time has been restricted by accidents and a lack of kind.
He has just below two years left to run on a six-year contract.
The final of his 10 caps for France got here in November 2019.
The left-back, who received the World Cup in 2018, has been suspended by the Premier League champions pending the result of the prison proceedings.
(AFP)
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