Troubled Manchester City FC of England and France international defender Benjamin Mendy has pleaded not guilty to nine s3x offences against six young women.
Benjamin Mendy pleaded not guilty to nine s3x offences leveled against him during the resumed hearing at the Chester Crown Court in the United Kingdom.
The 27-year-old footballer stood in the dock at Chester Crown Court and repeated: “Not guilty,” as the charges were put to him and he entered pleas for the first time.
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Mendy entered his pleas during a hearing on Monday ahead of his trial, scheduled to begin later this year.
He will go before a jury on July 25 along with his co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, who also entered not guilty pleas to all charges.
Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, who alleged offences span July 2012 to August last year, denies eight counts of rape and four counts of s3xual assault, relating to eight young women.
