Benjamin Mendy - City lose case and Mendy awarded £11m in back pay (p168)

Stuuuuuu said:
Mendy has been acquitted of all charges. The man's life was immeasurably harmed by false allegations made against him. That is a very bad thing.

Do you think that we should just say, "OK, never mind" about those women? Do you think it's fine for such serious - false - allegations to be made against someone?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be saying that no action should be taken against women who make false allegations.

If you've been raped, you should report it and society should encourage you to report it.

If you have not been raped, you should not say that you have. There's a pretty clear distinction there.
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He isn't saying "no action should be taken against (anyone) who makes false allegations", he's saying an acquittal doesn't necessarily mean that an allegation was false, and it certainly doesn't necessarily mean that the allegation was a deliberate, malicious lie. If one or all of these women deliberately made up stories about Mendy in order to hurt him and/or make money out of him, and his lawyers think they can prove that, then I guess they could pursue them through the courts and they probably should.

More generally though what @Stephen230 is saying is that it would be really, really bad if every failed rape prosecution lead to the accuser being charged/sued. It would make the prosecution and conviction rates for that offence, already extremely low, even lower, and it would mean a lot of suffering for a lot of people (women, mostly) who actually were victims but just couldn't prove it.
 
Centurions said:
What's that got to do with it?
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Because if it were to go to a civil case the immaturity of the woman/girl may be taken into account in a way that it was not in the criminal prosecution. And although the age of consent is 16, there are other laws to protect people under 18, for example sending them sexually explicit messages if you are over 18 yourself.

And it's noncey.
 
For the record I want us to pay him fuck all purely on the basis that he was an absolute fraud of an athlete who even before his legal issues wasn’t fit to even dream of wearing a City shirt. Fucking garbage embarrassing shithouse of a player. God knows what Pep and Txiki were smoking when they signed that clown.


I hope he sues the tarts who made up the other stuff though.
 
SSBlue said:
Mendy broke bail conditions meaning that he was then denied bail thus rendering himself unavailable for selection through his own actions. So wouldn't be due compensation from that point onwards.
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They didn’t terminate him so I don’t think it’s that straightforward. We can only guess of course
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
I'm sure it was said in an article last year if he was found NG there he would recoup all of his salary he's had frozen at city
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Isn't there something akin to insurance, or the alleged victim liable? Don't see how City should pay. Or why. Losses have been had by all. City's reputation could also put a claim in. The best thing is that he speaks to the club, and they factor in bringing the club into disrepute etc. Most employers would put those facing legal action on gardening leave, but those held in prison and custody would be released? Seems a can of worms either way. If City pay, expect the 2024/25 seasoncards to increase...
 
acton28.blog said:
Isn't there something akin to insurance, or the alleged victim liable? Don't see how City should pay. Or why. Losses have been had by all. City's reputation could also put a claim in. The best thing is that he speaks to the club, and they factor in bringing the club into disrepute etc. Most employers would put those facing legal action on gardening leave, but those held in prison and custody would be released? Seems a can of worms either way. If City pay, expect the 2024/25 seasoncards to increase...
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If city win 4 trophies and £500m in prize money expect season tickets to increase by £20
 
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