{"id":32145,"date":"2023-07-19T09:27:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T09:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=32145"},"modified":"2023-07-19T09:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T09:27:17","slug":"breaking-news-benjamin-mendy-secures-an-immediate-return-to-his-football-career-just-five-days-after-being-acquitted-of-rape-signing-for-french-club-lorient-on-a-three-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=32145","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Benjamin Mendy secures an immediate return to his football career, just five days after being acquitted of rape, signing for French club Lorient on a three-year contract."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>Benjamin Mendy is making an immediate return to his football career, just five days after being acquitted of rape, signing for French club Lorient on a two-year contract.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mendy was acquitted of rape and attempted rape by a jury at Chester Crown Court<\/strong><strong>Now the former Manchester City defender has secured an instant return to football<\/strong><strong>He will wear Lorient&#8217;s number 5 shirt after signing a two-year contract with the club <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By Oliver Salt for Mailonline <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  05:21 EDT, July 19, 2023 <\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Benjamin Mendy has made an instant return to football just five days after being acquitted of rape and attempted rape, with the former Manchester City defender joining French club Lorient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mendy, 28, was accused of sexually assaulting two women in his \u00a34m mansion, only to be cleared after three hours of deliberation by a jury at Chester Crown Court last week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The France international had already been acquitted of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault following a court case in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And five days after being cleared as a free man, Mendy has already returned to football after signing for Lorient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a club statement on Wednesday, the Ligue 1 side confirmed that they have put pen to paper on a two-year contract and will wear the No.5 shirt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Benjamin Mendy has made an instant return to football five days after being acquitted of rape<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        <\/h3>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12314575\/NEWS-Benjamin-Mendy-signs-Lorient-cleared-rape-charges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Mendy is making an immediate return to his football career, just five days after being acquitted of rape, signing for French club Lorient on a two-year contract. 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