French-born Manchester City player Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of six counts of rape after his six-month trial at Chester Crown Court.
The professional football player, who was alleged to have committed these offences between October 2018 and August last year, was accompanied by his 'fixer' and co-defendant, Louis Matturie.
Mendy had been accused of being a “predator” who turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game, his trial heard, drinking champagne in VIP areas of Manchester nightclubs before inviting young women into “toxic and dangerous” situations at “after-parties” at his £4.7 million Cheshire mansion in Mottram St Andrew, near Prestbury.
