
Footballer Benjamin Mendy tried to “debate” a woman into having sex before raping her when she told him she did not want to, a court heard.
In a police interview played to the jury at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday, the alleged victim said the Manchester City left-back pressured her into sex after getting her alone at a gathering at his mansion – The Spinney in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire – in July 2021.