by Benjamin Mendy has returned in the best way. After being acquitted this year in England by the British courts of rape and sexual assault, he has returned to the one-time starter for the first time after two years of inactivity with his new club, the Lorient. mendi He had not started a game since mid-August 2021, when he had a contract with City. In fact, his return to the once borne fruit, marked in the 52nd minutebut his goal did not prevent the 4-2 defeat against Marseille.
His team lost, but mendi Smile again. Three months later, Régis Le Bris, Lorient coach, decided to include him in the eleven this weekend in the match against Marseille. Mendy responded with a goal, but it was not enough to stop a Marseilles that flies high with aubameyang (2-4).
The French full-back had not been a starter for almost two years, when he played in England with the city of manchester and was removed from the playing fields. mendieighth most expensive center in history, he was accused of several rapes and sexual assaults in August 2021, the beginning of a hiatus of more than two years in his career and a long and painful judicial interlude.
Was found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault at the conclusion of an initial trial in January, and the jury could not find a verdict on two other charges. In 2022, he was transferred to the HMP Prison from Manchester after spending several months in Liverpool, one of the maximum security prisons in the United Kingdom as “Protect your integrity in the face of growing fear for your own safety.
Nobody wanted him in Lorient
Mendy composed a contract Delaware two years with Lorient a few days after his acquittal in July and made his debut in September. The world champion with France in 2018, whose hiring this summer by the Breton club generated much controversy, He had not been a starter since mid-August 2021, when I had a contract with him Manchester City.
The announcement of his hiring this summer by the Lorient disturbing contrary reactions towards the former City man. Since then, on the walls surrounding the stadium. Moustoirwhere the Breton club plays, several collage campaigns have been carried out aimed at it denouncing sexist violence in football.
His recovery in Ligue 1
mendi cattle three titles of the first division during his stay in City, among other honors, but had problems with injuries. He played alone 50 matches of the first division before its suspension.
Now, after being removed from football, the Frenchman is trying to rebuild his career in France in it Lorient of the League 1.
