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Benjamin Mendy claims 'several' Man City players 'including the club captain' joined him at alcohol-fuelled parties and had 'casual relations with women'

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<p>The former left-back, who was acquitted of rape and sexual assault charges last year, has taken City to tribunal, claiming "several" of his team-mates - including the club captain - were present at the sex parties that he attended and hosted. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/benjamin-mendy-sues-man-city-unpaid-wages/blt5f7aa07d5e788590" target="_blank">Mendy is seeking £11 million in unpaid wages</a> from the club after he was suspended in August 2021.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Mendy was denied his £6m-a-year salary as he awaited trial after being charged with four counts of rape. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/manchester-city-benjamin-mendy-found-not-guilty-six-counts-of-rape/bltf6dd141dbcc041a8" target="_blank">He was found not guilty</a> of the charges last year and <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/former-manchester-city-defender-benjamin-mendy-joins-ligue-1-club-lorient/blt47fa91f4d7bf2fde" target="_blank">resumed his career with Lorient</a> in France. The 30-year-old <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/benjamin-mendy-sues-man-city-unpaid-wages/blt5f7aa07d5e788590" target="_blank">is now taking action</a>, alleging that his team-mates attended the alcohol-fuelled events and that City were aware of this. Mendy didn't name any of the players he is referring to and there is no suggestion any of the behaviour was non-consensual. Midfielder Fernandinho was the club captain when Mendy was initially investigated by police, and Vincent Kompany and David Silva had been captains earlier in his City career.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>"Several Manchester City first-team players, including the club captain, were all present at the parties that I attended and hosted," Mendy said in a statement, via the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/10/14/man-city-benjamin-mendy-tribunal-wages/" target="_blank">Telegraph</a>. "We all drank alcohol. We all had casual relations with women. We all breached Covid-19 restrictions. This does not excuse my behaviour, but I feel that it is unfair for Manchester City to single me out in the way that they have. The difference between me and the other Manchester City players is that I was the one that was falsely accused of rape and publicly humiliated."</p><p>Mendy added: "I can't help but feel that the club are trying to paint a narrative that I was acting recklessly, and my alleged recklessness led to me being arrested for crimes I did not commit. I would just like to stress that at the time in question, I was doing nothing different than several of Manchester City's first-team players."</p>

WHAT MENDY SAID

<p>City didn't pay Mendy from September 2021 until his contract with the club expired in June 2023 as they deemed him unavailable for work during the legal process, which included a trial and a retrial. </p><p>The World Cup winner added: "I was just as ready, willing and able to perform my duties as the other Manchester City players that Manchester City knew attended the parties, and on Manchester City's account, acted recklessly. I am not, however, aware of Manchester City deducting or suspending the pay of any of the other players even when it was public knowledge that such players had attended the parties. 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."</p>

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<p>Mendy made 15 appearances for Lorient in Ligue 1 last season but <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/benjamin-mendy-lorient-balance-disturbed-manchester-city/blt1dd3a2d7d482c0a6" target="_blank">has been frozen out</a> by the club's new manager Olivier Pantaloni and told that he doesn't have a future with Les Merlus.</p>

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Benjamin Mendy said Manchester City were aware that his parties were attended by &quot;several&quot; of his team-mates who had &quot;casual relations with women&quot;.

Benjamin Mendy claims &apos;several&apos; Man City players &apos;including the club captain&apos; joined him at alcohol-fuelled parties and had &apos;casual relations with women&apos;