Benjamin Mendy says ‘several’ Man City stars JOINED sex parties as he sues club for £11m unpaid wages after rape charge

EX-PREMIER League star Benjamin Mendy claims “several” Manchester City players joined him at his sex parties.

The 30-year-old has today sued his former club for £11m in unpaid wages – following a 2021 suspension – after he was charged with four counts of rape and one sexual assault in August that year.

GettyMendy at Manchester City in 2021 – the year he was suspended[/caption]

GettyMendy outside Chester Crown Court on July 3, 2023[/caption]

In a written statement presented at the tribunal on Monday, Mendy called out the behaviour of ex-teammates after he was “singled out”.

He said: “Several Manchester City first-team players, including the club captain, were all present at the parties that I attended and hosted.

“We all drank alcohol. We all had casual relations with women. We all breached Covid-19 restrictions.

“This does not excuse my behaviour, but I feel that it is unfair for Manchester City to single me out in the way that they have.

“The difference between me and the other Manchester City players is that I was the one that was falsely accused of rape and publicly humiliated.”

Mendy, who was found not guilty, did not name the players he was referring to.

Mendy signed for the Blues in a £52m transfer from Monaco in July 2017, agreeing a £6m-a-year deal which was due to run until June 2023.

His contract also guaranteed him a £1m bonus each time City qualified for the Champions League, a further £900,000 if he played in more than 60 per cent of City’s matches and an annual £1.2m payment to his image rights company.

But documents submitted to the tribunal in Manchester revealed how the Blues stopped paying his wages and monthly employer pension contributions of £434 after he was initially charged with four counts of rape and one sexual assault in August 2021.

The baller was also suspended by the Football Association from all “footballing activities” after he was charged with offences.

Just over a month later on 28 September 2021, City officials wrote to Mendy to notify him of their decision.

The letter stated: “The club has, after careful and anxious consideration, suspended the payment of salary to you. You will not receive the payment that would otherwise have fallen due at the end of September 2021.

“Nor will you receive any further payment until you are ready and able to perform your obligations under the contract of employment.

“You are not presently ready and able to perform duties, of course, because you have been remanded in custody and, separately, because The FA has suspended you from engaging in any football-related activity.

“Our understanding is that District Judge Garva remanded you in custody because of your conduct whilst already on bail.

“Remand, was, therefore, an avoidable impediment to your being able to perform your duties. We understand that a subsequent request to be released on bail was refused. In those circumstances, the club is no longer obliged to continue to pay you.”

But Mendy – now with French side Lorient – has brought a claim for “unauthorised deductions” from wages contrary to section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

He claims under the terms of his contract, the club only had the right to stop his wages for a maximum of six weeks.

Smartly dressed in a light blue shirt and tie, Mendy appeared from a law office via video link and affirmed an Islamic oath prior to giving evidence.

City deny breaching employment law and argue Mendy violated his own contract by bringing the club into disrepute and indulging in behaviour which prevented him from playing or training.

The club initially continued paying Mendy following his first arrest in November 2020.

Mendy was found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, relating to four women in January 2023 after a six-month trial at Chester crown court.

Jurors could not reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape, relating to two women, but he was found not guilty of those after a retrial in June 2023.