Troubled Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two additional counts of rape. This was announced by the British police as the Frenchman’s situation goes from bad to even worse.Mendy now faces six allegations, police said on Tuesday. The French defender will appear in court on Wednesday. He now faces six counts of rape and one of sexual assault relating to four complainants aged over 16, with all the alleged offences relating to the period between October 2020 and August this year.Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two further counts of rape.He now faces six counts of rape and one of sexual assault. pic.twitter.com/rJyDE4mM5Q— GOAL News (@GoalNews) November 16, 2021 Another man, Louis Saha Matturie, has been charged with two more counts of rape and one of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement. Mendy and 40-year-old Matturie will both appear before magistrates in Stockport on Wednesday. Both men previously appeared at Chester Crown Court on September 10, and were told they would stand trial on January 24 next year. The pair were remanded in custody.Mendy, a $70 million signing from Monaco in 2017, has played 75 times for City, winning three Premier League titles, but his playing time has been limited by injuries and a loss of form. He has just under two years left to run on a six-year contract.##NAJAVA_MECA_5983680##The last of his 10 caps for France came in November 2019. The left-back, who won the World Cup in 2018, has been suspended by the Premier League champions pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings.Cheshire Police called for the public to refrain from condemning the footballer in advance.”Cheshire Constabulary and the Crown Prosecution Service would like to remind everyone that criminal proceedings against Matturie and Mendy are live and that they have a right to a fair trial.”
