Two women were allegedly sexually assaulted in the queue to see the Queen's lying in state in London.
01.09.2022 - 16:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Jurors in the Benjamin Mendy trial heard a woman texted a friend to claim 'Mendy sexually assaulted me at the party'. The 28-year-old Manchester City player is currently on trial at Chester Crown Court accused of eight counts of rape against five women, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape.
The offences are alleged to have taken place on five different occasions at his home between October 2018 and August last year. He denies all charges. On the 12th day of the trial jurors heard messages that one of the alleged complaints, Woman Three, shared with a male friend.
"Mendy sexually assaulted me at the party," she told him a few days after the alleged sexual assault, which is said to have occurred in January 2021.
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"Just text me," she said. "I'm so sorry," he said. "Report him. Do you remember how it happened?"
"Yeah," she said. The man replied: "Any witnesses? I'm so sorry."
He continued: "I'm so stunned, f***. Are you going to report it?"
"IDK," she replied. Further messages between the pair were read out. "One of the girls I know got raped by Mendy," Woman Three said. "I found that out today. Crazy s***."
He replied: "Was it recent?" She responded, "Yeah."
In a message shared on the same day as the alleged sexual assault but before it is said to have occurred, Woman Three told her friend in a message: "We are going to the footballer's house."
"Lol who," he replied. "Mendy," she said.
Jurors heard she sent the man a picture of her in a dress at Mr Mendy's home. Other messages were read out to the jury by prosecutors, including an exchange between Mr Mendy and Woman Four. She alleges Mr Mendy
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