Trial of Benjamin Mendy: the chilling new testimony of one of the complainants – CNEWS

At the trial of Benjamin Mendy, one of the complainants, who accuses the French player of sexual assault, delivered, on Tuesday, a new terrifying testimony before the court in Chester (England). Another chilling testimony. At the trial of Benjamin Mendy, a 3rd complainant recounted, this Tuesday, in a video shown before the jury, the sexual assault she allegedly suffered at the home of the French player in January 2021. The young woman explained that she had participated in a party organized by the 2018 world champion in the company of three friends. During this evening, she would have crossed the defender of Manchester City, who would then have touched her crotch. “He kind of grabbed my vagina. I immediately stopped and was like, ‘What just happened?’” she said. Shocked by what she had just suffered, she was again the victim of an inappropriate gesture on her part. A little later, she found herself in a bathroom with him and he allegedly “made the gesture of (him) performing cunnilingus”, she assured, explaining that he had “pulled his tongue out as if he were licking (her). Thereafter, she tried to stay away from the footballer, but he once again approached her. She did not know the player before this evening “You are more beautiful when you smile”, would have launched Benjamin Mendy, asking him why she was angry. The young woman, who did not know the tricolor international before this evening, said she replied: “It’s because of the way you touched me or because of what you did.” She added that he then began to apologize. In the early morning, when the complainant was out of the swimming pool, Benjamin Mendy asked her if she wanted some spare clothes and he would have lent her some without trying to go any further. “We went upstairs and he gave me the clothes. He asked me if I wanted underwear and I said ‘yes’. I asked him to leave the room while I was getting dressed and he did so immediately,” said the complainant, who could not leave the premises earlier because her friend, who was driving, had drunk too much. After this edifying tale, the testimony of a fourth plaintiff is expected this Wednesday. Silent since the start of his trial, Benjamin Mendy, who pleaded not guilty, is accused of eight rapes, an attempted rape and a sexual assault by seven women between October 2018 and August 2021 at his home. He faces life imprisonment.