Benjamin Mendy - not guilty on 6 counts of rape and 1 of sexual assault...

[Jack74]

How some of the counts got to court was a joke , one was dancing with him half an hour later and one went back the night after .

 

[youngbob]

If he is found not guilty do we start playing him again? The whole situation is messy. Did he get off because the girls were lying or due to having a clever lawyer? Seedy subculture.

We still need a lb and a not guilty verdict has to be respected I suppose.

We'll probably never know. For the best, I imagine.

 

[VOOMER]

The jury couldn't reach a majority verdict on 1 charge of rape and 1 of attempted rape so those will now go to retrial. Mods - I presume it's ok to post this?

Not Guilty on 8 charges, one of the failed is in reference to women two, whom he was found not guilty twice!

 

[MarsLlama]

If he is found not guilty do we start playing him again? The whole situation is messy. Did he get off because the girls were lying or due to having a clever lawyer? Seedy subculture.

We still need a lb and a not guilty verdict has to be respected I suppose.

I think the woman whose case was thrown out after a video was played in court of her having consensual sex with Mendy has essentially determined that we'll never find out. If she was lying the others may have been too and that's all the jury can really know.

 

[Jonathan Gunn]

This may sound insensitive, but from a financial rather than a PR point of view, wouldn't it be better for the club if he was found guilty at the retrial so we could sack him for gross misconduct and not have to pay his wages from the date of the allegation onwards?

There might not be a retrial.

 

[VOOMER]

So what happens if he’s found completely innocent? Surely City just get rid of him regardless

Possibly, but he'll be due a huge pay out.

 

[domalino]

Pep said he had something crazy planned for the derby...

 

[jaiguruKun]

I don't think we're tight enough with our money that we can start wishing for things like that.

It's about £15m all told!

 

[edinburgh123]

So what happens if he’s found completely innocent? Surely City just get rid of him regardless

Why would you say that? His career is probably in tatters - this long without playing etc. And City may let him go because his ability wouldn't be good enough but if he was good enough why would he not play again? Innocent (if the remaining ones are also found not guilty) in a court of law means you are completely free to continue your life
How would you like it if I accused you now of rape. Doesn't matter that I made it up, you could be suspended from your job and then when it turned out not to be true, I assume you would also expect your employer to not take you back?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Doesn't surprise me, it was falling apart on cross examination.

Poor fucker, living nightmare if his only crime was being a dirty bastard with too much time and money on his hands.

Be interesting to see if the case does stand up to a retrial.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Let the legal system deal with it

He's been found not guilty on most counts but faces retrial for 2 others

You would just hope that justice prevails either way as this is peoples lives not football

 

[splinter]

He's fucking garbage

 

[John Wayne]

Think this needs to be locked really.

 

[Deepest Blue]

No question of him restarting his career with us IMO.
Following his injuries and the baggage this case will have caused he’ll never again be what we once hoped he would be.
Assuming the other charges are eventually dropped it surely would be best all round if he makes a fresh start elsewhere if he wants to continue his football career. Maybe return home to France?

 

[domalino]

Doesn't surprise me, it was falling apart on cross examination.

Poor fucker, living nightmare if his only crime was being a dirty bastard with too much time and money on his hands.

Be interesting to see if the case does stand up to a retrial.

Given the known difficulties of successfully prosecuting rape, that's an incredibly big "if".

 

[VOOMER]

If he is found not guilty do we start playing him again? The whole situation is messy. Did he get off because the girls were lying or due to having a clever lawyer? Seedy subculture.

We still need a lb and a not guilty verdict has to be respected I suppose.

Maybe, just maybe as has been said from the start, the women are lying and tried to blackmail him.

 

[jaiguruKun]

We stopped paying him the moment he was charged, I don't think the result of the trial changes anything, his contract will have some sort of reputation or morality clause.

If he is acquitted of all charges, he'd have the right to be paid all of his wages surely?

 

[Jack74]

Doesn't surprise me, it was falling apart on cross examination.

Poor fucker, living nightmare if his only crime was being a dirty bastard with too much time and money on his hands.

Be interesting to see if the case does stand up to a retrial.

I can’t see it CPS will not be happy at all about this , plus the girls/ladies won’t want to go through court again after the verdicts that have been delivered

 

[MarsLlama]

It's about £15m all told!

We have previous when it comes to paying wages for players who are offering nothing...

 

[VOOMER]

Given the known difficulties of successfully prosecuting rape, that's an incredibly big "if".

Oh please