Following the threat of bankruptcy over an unpaid tax bill, former Manchester City footballer has settled the total amount with HMRC
French defender Benjamin Mendy has avoided an HMRC bankruptcy order by paying the outstanding tax amounting to £710,000. The payment of the bill resulted in a judge at the High Court throwing out a demand for a bankruptcy order by the tax authorities.
Mendy, who now plays for French club Lorient, had to sell his house in Cheshire in order to raise the funds to pay the tax debt, which his lawyer said had now been paid.
The judge Nicholas Briggs dismissed the bankruptcy petition, stating that there was nothing left in the petition and he would ‘accept the undertaking’.
French defender Benjamin Mendy has avoided an HMRC bankruptcy order by paying the outstanding tax amounting to £710,000. The payment of the bill resulted in a judge at the High Court throwing out a demand for a bankruptcy order by the tax authorities.
Mendy, who now plays for French club Lorient, had to sell his house in Cheshire in order to raise the funds to pay the tax debt, which his lawyer said had now been paid.
The judge Nicholas Briggs dismissed the bankruptcy petition, stating that there was nothing left in the petition and he would ‘accept the undertaking’.