Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has made an immediate return to the playing arena just five days after being cleared of rape and attempted rape. The French full-back has been signed by French club Lorient. (More Football news)
The 29-year-old Mendy left Manchester City last month after his contract expired. He had not played for the Champions League winners since 2021.
“After passing the traditional medical, Benjamin Mendy, a 2018 world champion, four-time Premier League winner with Manchester City and Ligue 1 French champion with Monaco among others, has strengthened Lorient’s squad for the new season,” Lorient said in a statement.
Mendy was a regular at the trials in court wherein he was accused of carrying out sex attacks on two women at his £4million mansion. He was later cleared after three hours of deliberation by a jury at the Chester Crown court last week.
Mendy had also been cleared of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assualt after court case in January.
