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.