Footballer Mendy found not guilty of raping woman, 19, after judge’s direction

Mendy still faces seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women.

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of the rape of a 19-year-old woman on the direction of a judge. Picture: David Rawcliffe/PA Wire.

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of the rape of a 19-year-old woman on the direction of a judge.

His co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, was also cleared of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault against the same woman after the prosecution offered no further evidence against the defendants on those four counts.