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

[bluwes]

I'm really not. I'm just stating facts.

He's been found not guilty of every count. In the eyes of the law, he's as innocent as you or me. That's the way our system works.

But it's not objective, unquestionable truth. Unless someone on the jury is a mind reader.

Shakes head :((

 

[Essex blue]

Whilst we have our own views on wether he is guilty or not it’s a bit like our presumed guilt on the 115 from other fans irrespective of what happens

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Excuse me a moment.
The world and his little dog, if they aren't a City fan, are saying that when City were exonerated by the CAS (and if they are exonerated on the 115 charges count), it is because it's it's impossible to make the charges stick for lack of evidence. Thus, City are still considered to be not guilty, rather than innocent, in the eyes of everybody who is in bad faith, and whose interests it serves to consider that there is therefore a stain on every single trophy that City have won since 2008, and that there will be for ever and a day.
I don't know Benjamin Mendy, and I never will. No idea if he's a nice guy, or not, and I don't give a toss. Don't know if he's rich or not (he is), and I don't give a toss. He is not guilty of rape, and I'm not going to finesse terms, that means that he did not commit rape as far as I'm concerned. His life has not been ruined, unless you consider that every time he walks into a pub or a restaurant there are people who'll look at him in a funny way as if to say, “Yeah, we know you did it, but we know what these hot shot lawyers are capable of, don't we?” Or they may just outright say it to him, if they're looking for a fight (which they'd probably love, because they could get their mate to film it on their mobile and then they could then sue him).

I have never commented on this subject, and have never felt tempted to, until now, when I felt obliged to point something out. This will be my last word on this particular subject.

 

[Roachy]

Piece of shit.

Why?

 

[brazilians hurt]

He was acquitted. He isn’t a nice guy. That’s clear. You can keep digging but it doesn’t look good on you. These cases went to court on the flimsiest of evidence. The CPS isn’t fit for purpose.

The police had received several complaints/warnings from neighbours that girls were arriving in taxis to Mendy’s house at all sorts of hours and did nothing about it.
It was a party house and the whole thing was inevitable given the way it appears the girls were treated.
My question is whether Mendy will be able to sue the CPS for lost wages & the time he spent in prison waiting for trial and whether MCFC have a case for recovering his value? Given the amounts involved it would seem likely

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Absolutely, I don't understand why some people are struggling with this verdict.

Nobody is struggling with it. Nobody has said "I disagree with this, I think he did it."

What some of us have said is that this verdict doesn't automatically mean that the women who accused him were lying.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Whilst we have our own views on wether he is guilty or not it’s a bit like our presumed guilt on the 115 from other fans irrespective of what happens

Well that's a totally absurd comparison, isn't it.

Jesus.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

It’s like making a new signing

 

[ganganvince]

The evidence against Mendy was pitiful. Whoever agreed to the retrial should be fired.

There also needs to be an investigation into whether the allegations were malicious or even financially motivated.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Fuck me he’s not gonna be short
Of money show me the fucking money,he will get millions