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

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Logically you'd think as it was his own actions that led to him failing his bail conditions and being remanded into custody, then we wouldn't be liable to pay his wages during that time. I guess Mendy could counter argue that he should never have been in that position anyway as he was innocent. Complicated.

Nope. That was for a jury to decide. Hed been charged and given conditions to wait for that trial. He decided they werent worth a wank and carry on as normal

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I can’t be bothered about this, we have bigger legal things to fight, and I just want to watch football

Said the same the minute it came up.

Fuck him, he's of no fucking consequence to the club. Stupid twat .

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Yes. Staying out of the big house has to be your main objective. It was probably sheer arrogance of being a spoilt footballer used to getting his own way that made him not take it seriously.

And surrounded by parasites too. So not getting any decent advice.

The best professional advisers tell it to their clients how it is. Not many of them in the football world.

 

[mike1923]

Not sure you can be ‘willing and able’ to play football when you’re in jail for breaching your bail conditions?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Not sure you can be ‘willing and able’ to play football when you’re in jail for breaching your bail conditions?

Vinny Jones managed it in Mean Machine.

 

[WestGorton]

That many legal cases we need Judge Judy.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Lawyers must love us currently!

 

[Zenmanc]

He probably goes down as one of our biggest flops.

Bony, Jo and Mangala love this post.

 

[ctwrd]

Not sure you can be ‘willing and able’ to play football when you’re in jail for breaching your bail conditions?

Point lost on the majority on here. Going on about the case ultimately failing

 

[cleavers]

Logically you'd think as it was his own actions that led to him failing his bail conditions and being remanded into custody, then we wouldn't be liable to pay his wages during that time. I guess Mendy could counter argue that he should never have been in that position anyway as he was innocent. Complicated.

Not really, he was arrested then charged, that's simple, he was then bailed with conditions, that's also simple, and at that stage City were right to suspend him (but presumably still being paid), as the charges were serious.

I don't know what those bail conditions were, but he breached them (more than once if I remember correctly), and eventually the judge decided to remand him to prison. So all of that bit is purely on him, and as GDM says above, you only have to do what you're told, and you keep your liberty (and your pay), he didn't so the consequence was that his liberty was removed, and at that point he becomes "unavailable" for work, regardless of whether he's suspended or not, and that can't possibly be City's problem, no matter the final outcome of the case.

Bonuses will be dependant on the contract he signed, personally I think if you can't contribute through your own actions, then you shouldn't be entitled to the bonus.