EX-PREMIER League star Benjamin Mendy claims “several” Manchester City players joined him at his sex parties.
The 30-year-old has today sued his former club for £11m in unpaid wages following a 2021 suspension after he was charged with four counts of rape and one sexual assault in August that year.
Mendy at Manchester City in 2021 – the year he was suspended[/caption]
In a written statement presented at the tribunal on Monday, Mendy said: “Several Manchester City first-team players, including the club captain, were all present at the parties that I attended and hosted.
“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.”
Mendy, who did not name the players he is referring to, was also suspended by the Football Association from all “footballing activities” after he was charged with offences.
Just over a month later on 28 September 2021, City officials wrote to Mendy to notify him of their decision.
The letter stated: “The club has, after careful and anxious consideration, suspended the payment of salary to you. You will not receive the payment that would otherwise have fallen due at the end of September 2021.
“Nor will you receive any further payment until you are ready and able to perform your obligations under the contract of employment.
“You are not presently ready and able to perform duties, of course, because you have been remanded in custody and, separately, because The FA has suspended you from engaging in any football-related activity.
“Our understanding is that District Judge Garva remanded you in custody because of your conduct whilst already on bail.
“Remand, was, therefore, an avoidable impediment to your being able to perform your duties. We understand that a subsequent request to be released on bail was refused. In those circumstances, the club is no longer obliged to continue to pay you.”
