Benjamin Mendy’s retrial will begin at Chester Crown Court on Monday, June 26.
The Manchester City and France defender denies one count of rape and one count of attempted rape against two complainants.
Mendy, 28, was found not guilty of eight other counts — six of rape and one of sexual assault — in January, but the jury, who deliberated for 67 hours and 17 minutes, could not reach a verdict on the two outstanding allegations.
Mendy was on trial with his co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, who was charged with eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault, relating to eight women, between July 2012 and August 2021.
Matturie — Mendy’s personal assistant — denied all charges and was found not guilty of five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, but the jurors failed to reach verdicts on three further counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He is also facing a retrial on those counts.
Why is Mendy back in court?
The jury in the previous trial were unable to reach a verdict on one count of attempted rape and one of rape concerning two different women.
Once the verdicts were delivered in January, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) immediately made clear its intention to proceed with a retrial on the two outstanding counts.
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