Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy, who is accused of several rape cases, has been released on bail pending trial. It is reported by "BBC".
The trial of the defender was supposed to take place at the end of January, but now it will not begin until June. Mendy is ordered to live at his home address, not to contact the plai.jpgs and to surrender his passport.
Manchester City player faces new rape charges Football The French footballer was arrested in August last year and charged with the rape of four women over the age of 16 between October 2020 and August 2021. The reason for the arrest was the statement of a 17-year-old girl that the athlete sexually assaulted her in August at his home in Cheshire.
Later, 27-year-old Mendy was charged with rape on four counts and one episode of assault, in November he was charged with rape on two more counts, in December - one more. The footballer has been in custody since August, after the arrest, Mendy asked the court to release him on bail three times, but all his requests were rejected.
In August, following the first charges, Manchester City suspended the player pending an investigation.
Manchester City are the reigning champions of England. Mendy joined the team in 2017 from AS Monaco for £ 52m and has played 75 matches for them, in which he scored two goals. As part of the French national team, the footballer became the world champion in 2018.
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