Benjamin Mendy secures an immediate return to his football profession, just five days after he was cleared of rape, signing for French club Lorient on a two-year deal
- Mendy was cleared of rape and tried rape by a jury at Chester Crown Court
- Now the ex-Manchester City defender has secured an on the spot return to football
- He will put on the No 5 shirt for Lorient after signing a two-year deal with the club
Benjamin Mendy has made an on the spot return to football just five days after being cleared of rape and tried rape, with the previous Manchester City defender becoming a member of French club Lorient.
Mendy, 28, was accused of finishing up intercourse assaults on two ladies at his £4million mansion, solely to be cleared after three hours of deliberation by a jury at Chester Crown Court final Friday.
The France worldwide had already been cleared of six counts of rape and one rely of sexual assault after a court docket case in January.
And five days after being cleared as a free man, Mendy has already returned to football after signing with Lorient.
In a club statement on Wednesday, the Ligue 1 outfit confirmed he has put pen to paper on a two-year contract and can put on the No 5 shirt.
Mendy, who final performed for City again in August 2021, formally left the Premier League champions when his contract expired earlier this month. Lorient have been due to this fact in a position to signal him on a free switch.
Mendy wept when he was cleared final week, with his attorneys saying he will now go on to ‘rebuild his life’.
The emotional star declined to remark outdoors court docket solely to say: ‘Alhamdulillah’ – an Arabic phrase which means: ‘Praise be to God’.
Two days after being cleared of rape Mendy confirmed up to a native kick-about in Manchester donning his former crew’s package as he shook fingers with native lads on the Powerleague venue.
The former Premier League star had turned up unannounced to the sports activities advanced in Ardwick on Sunday, with pictures on Twitter exhibiting him beaming and laughing whereas interacting with a group of native younger followers.
Meanwhile in a sequence of movies on TikTok, he was seen posing for selfies with a group of newbie gamers within the locker room of the club, believed to be the Powerleague Manchester Central sports activities advanced.