Benjamin Mendy will stay in coustody until at least 10th September. Judge Steven Everett declined the 27-year-old Frenchman’s bail application at Chester Crown Court in northwest England following a 50-minute hearing, a court spokesman said. Manchester City defender has been held at a prison in Liverpool since last Friday, when he appeared in court to face four counts of rape and one of sexual assault. He wasn’t present in today’s hearing and for now, the Citizens have suspended the player, pending further investigation.City defender Benjamin Mendy charged with four counts of rapeThe incidents for which Mendy is accused allegedly have taken place between October 2020 and August 2021. The Frenchmen is accused of attacking the females, one aged under 18, at his home in Prestbury, Cheshire. He is next due to appear at Chester Crown Court on September 10. A second man, aged 40, was arrested on suspicion of rape, but was released on bail.🚨⚽️ | NEW: Man City played Mendy for NINE months following his initial arrest in November and were fully aware of his police investigationVia @TheAthleticUK pic.twitter.com/PpcjCMokdw— Football For All (@FootballlForAll) August 30, 2021 And off course, British tabloids have managed to find ’sources’ from the prison, which say that the player apparently had a meltdown after he arrived in prison because he mistakenly thought he would be housed in a ‘VIP wing’. As per Sun, The 27-year-old was told by guards he would be placed in the VP wing for vulnerable prisoners after he arrived at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool on Friday. However the footballer mistakenly assumed he would be housed in a VIP wing for celebrity figures at the Category B jail and was shocked.„When Mendy arrived staff explained he was going to be kept on the VP wing for his own safety. He had a rude awakening when he saw the cell and realised who he was going to be mixing with. He wasn’t happy and it was a very sobering experience for him“ a source told The Sun.
