Court orders Man City to pay Mendy’s unpaid wages during rape case
A UK labour court judge ruled on November 6 that Manchester City must pay the wages withheld by the club to Benjamin Mendy. The former France defender who now plays for French Ligue 2 side Lorient, during his trial on rape and sexual assault charges.
He revealed that senior management of the team promised that. If he was cleared of these cases, he would receive all outstanding wages. However, after the court found Mendy guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in January 2023 and was later cleared of two more charges. Which was a complete exoneration, Man City did not pay his wages.
Mendy was contractually entitled to £500,000 a week (22 million baht). When he was first arrested in November 2000. City continued to pay him his regular salary. But after he was arrested again the following year. He was suspended indefinitely without pay. The ยูฟ่าเบท club claimed that under the conditions of his bail and the Football Association’s (FA) player banning rules. Mendy would have no chance of playing for the team.
According to Mendy’s lawsuit, he was detained by police on two separate occasions, spanning five months, while the legal battle lasted for about 22 months. Resulting in around £11.5m (506 million baht) in unpaid wages. Joanne Dunlop, a judge at the UK Labour Court, said that when Mendy was not detained, he was ready and willing to work. So his employer had no right to withhold his wages during that time. The club was ordered to pay the majority of the £11.5m claim by Mendy. If the two parties cannot agree on the amount, the court will consider it.