Benjamin Mendy accuser 'talked herself into believing' that she'd been raped, jury told

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A motorbike rider who died after a collision with a BMW in east Manchester had 'pulled a wheelie' beforehand but was 'without a shadow of a doubt there to be seen' jurors have been told.

Former Manchester United players Paul Pogba and Memphis Depay have responded to Benjamin Mendy being cleared of all charges against him after being found not guilty of rape and attempted rape.

Footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of all charges after being found not guilty of rape and attempted rape. The World Cup winner wept in the dock as he was unanimously acquitted, after jurors deliberated for about three hours and 15 minutes after a two week trial at Chester Crown Court.

Jurors have retired to deliberate their verdicts in Benjamin Mendy's rape trial. The French footballer, 28, is accused of raping one woman in October 2020, and of attempting to rape a second woman two years earlier.

A nutritionist has shared her go to slimming snacks that she always recommends to clients.

Britney Spears is firing back at some comments about her recent altercation with NBA player Victor Wembanyama, when she claimed she was slapped by a member of his security teams (a police investigation determined it was a bit more nuanced than that).

Prosecutors claimed that Benjamin Mendy 'does not take no for an answer' as they made their closing speech to jurors.

Kyle Richards has confirmed that she is not dating Morgan Wade after rumors suggested that the country singer contributed to Richards’ separation from husband Mauricio Umansky.

Heather Locklear has been “struggling” with her sobriety after previously battling substance abuse issues.

Jennifer Lopez is setting the record straight about if she drinks alcohol or not.

A woman who has accused Benjamin Mendy of rape 'looked like a ghost' after the alleged attack, a jury heard.

Brave is the man who will sign up for a real-life father-daughter road movie set the aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, but Ewan McGregor his no regrets about pairing up with his eldest child — by his first wife — for You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, which screened as a tribute to the actor in Karlovy Vary. Set in a dreamlike American West, and very far removed from the specifics of the McGregors’ own personal situation, it finds a reformed alcoholic dad trying to reconnect with his offspring after collecting her from hospital. She thinks they’re off to visit an artist friend of her father’s, but the truth is that, in a bid to absolve himself of many years’ worth of guilt, he’s taking her to rehab.

Benjamin Mendy had a 'predatory look on his face' before he allegedly tried to rape a woman at his Cheshire mansion, his accuser claimed. The woman, who has alleged that Mr Mendy attempted to rape her at his home in October 2018, gave evidence in a police interview played at Mr Mendy's re-trial.

was known for pushing boundaries and putting it all out there, but there was one line the franchise decided not to cross. On Thursday's episode of , Cynthia Nixon -- who played attorney Miranda Hobbes on and the Max spin-off,  -- shared the one sex scene from the original series that was cut. «Miranda dated a really hot detective who she was very intimidated by, he was really out of her league, so she got wildly drunk,» the 57-year-old actress recalled.

A woman with dementia told her son she had been raped at a care home, a trial jury has heard.

Directing a big blockbuster isn’t on Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s agenda just yet.

Cardi B was just celebrating her husband last night at the BET Awards, but this morning they began bashing each other on social media with claims of infidelity. It all started on Monday morning when Offset, real name Kiari Kendrell Cephus shared a since-deleted post on his Instagram story with his 21.8 million followers claiming that Cardi cheated on him with another man.After Offset shared his post-Cardi B took to Twitter where she recorded a live Twitter Space.

Entertainment Tonight this week. “It’s just one of the main subjects of the show is sex — people having sex and people having great sex and people having terrible sex and people having hilarious sex,” she continued.The season’s opening scene showed a montage of the other characters having some intimate moments, including a shot of Nixon and Diaz in a hot tub.Later on, in another clip, Nixon tried a strap-on — even struggling to put it on at first — and talked about “pegging.”The premiere caught some heat from a few, including Meghan McCain, who penned in her Daily Mail column that the show was “woke slop.”Nixon’s character, Hobbes, plays a lawyer who is married to Steve Brady (David Eigenberg), but goes through some changes as she gets older, particularly in her romantic life, later asking him for a divorce on the spinoff.During last season’s finale, Che asks Miranda to come with them to Los Angeles to make a pilot for a TV show.

James Holzhauer, one of the most successful contestants of all time, has an idea about why fans are getting so frustrated about the show lately: behind-the-scenes issues with the show’s crew.In a new interview with TV Insider, Holzhauer was asked about any changes he would make to the show if he could, and his answer was definitely interesting.“There has been a lot of turnover backstage, I will say,” he began. “The whole production team has turned over, so you kind of see some of the things were lost when they changed hands there.”He continued, “I think it’s still a great show, but it could use a little tweaking here and there.