Premier League footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of sex attacks on four women following a six-month trial.
The Manchester City star, 28, was found not guilty at Chester Crown Court on six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
The unanimous verdicts were delivered on Wednesday but could not be reported until jurors concluded considering a remaining two counts.
But after 14 days of deliberation, jurors could not reach majority verdicts on defender Mendy's alleged attempted rape of a woman, 29, in 2018 and the alleged rape of another woman, 24, in October 2020.
Judge Everett discharged the jury on Friday.
The prosecution will seek retrials on the counts the jury could not reach verdicts on.
Matthew Conway, prosecuting, said: "We have made a decision today, which is to proceed on these counts in two separate trials and we seek today a provisional case management."
Lawyers are discussing dates for future hearings and a trial possibly in June.
Louis Saha Matturie, 41, Mendy’s co-accused and alleged "fixer" was found not guilty by the jury of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers.
Jurors also failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against him by five other women.
Both men had been on trial since August 10, accused of multiple sexual offences by 13 women.
The allegations and trial had been "absolute hell" for Mendy and his life in football "is over" as he would "never escape" the accusations, the court heard.
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.
But jurors were also told by defence lawyers that while the trial, involving money, sex and celebrity, had "all the makings of a good drama", it came with a significant "plot twist" - the accused were innocent.
Lockdown-busting parties were held both at Mendy's home and an apartment he rented on Chapel Street near Manchester city centre, the court heard.
He was first arrested in November 2020 after the alleged triple rape of the 24-year-old woman at his home the previous month.
Mendy was released under investigation before he was later accused of sexually assaulting another woman, aged 24, two months later, and while on police bail for that offence, was later accused of the rape of three other women, one aged 17 - all offences of which he was cleared.
Mendy was suspended by his club in August 2021, after he was charged with rape.
Timothy Cray KC, prosecuting, said the footballer, a man with money, power and privilege, thought about what was "in his pants" and that was why he got it "terribly wrong" in believing women were consenting to sex.
Lisa Wilding KC, representing Matturie told jurors it was "chillingly easy" to make false allegations and suggested all the women involved, all in some way connected through friendships, social media connections or by attending parties.
Lawyers for both men suggested while the trial began with claims Mendy and Matturie were "predators" and "monsters", each allegation was "riddled with inconsistencies and flaws".
Jurors were told not to take a "moralistic" approach to the defendants' sexual lifestyles, and the approach of Cheshire Police was also criticised in court.
Eleanor Laws KC, defending Mendy, suggested "regret" at having "quick, animalistic sex" is not the same as being raped.
Ms Wilding said the sexual habits and lifestyles of the defendants did not make them rapists, and that women over the last 40 years had earned sexual equality, however that is expressed.
She said complainants in this case had actively pursued sex with men they hardly knew and that is their right - but it can come with hurt and embarrassment after.
Mendy had denied seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women, between October 2018 and August 2021.
Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denied six counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to seven young women, between July 2012 and August 2021.
Mendy’s solicitor Jenny Wiltshire, from firm Hickman & Rose, said in a statement released after the verdicts: “Benjamin Mendy would like to thank the members of the jury for their dedication and commitment.
“He also thanks everyone who supported him, and particularly the witnesses who gave evidence on his behalf in the glare of such intense publicity.
“Mr Mendy is delighted that he has been unanimously acquitted of eight of the 10 charges he faced.
“He looks forward to clearing his name in relation to the other two charges so he can start rebuilding his life.
“Until these proceedings have concluded neither I, nor my client, are able to comment further.”
