Amélie Oudéa-Castéra calls for respect for the judgment rendered in the trial of Benjamin Mendy, acquitted by British justice. The latter has just signed in Lorient.
Acquitted by the British courts of rape and attempted rape charges against him, Benjamin Mendy immediately joined FC Lorient. The left-back has signed a two-year contract with Les Merlus.
A signature that makes some teeth cringe and to which the Minister of Sports was invited to react. “Listen (she pauses for a moment)… Me on that, I think that there are two things which are important. The first is to tell oneself that he has been acquitted. There were these two trials, these verdicts of the British courts. And if when don is acquitted it generates the same suspicion as when one is accused, then one loses the sense of justice. Benjamin Mendy was acquitted,” made a point of highlighting Amélie Oudéa-Castéra to France info.
🗣 Benjamin Mendy in Lorient ➡️ “He was acquitted and if when you are acquitted, it generates the same suspicion as when you are accused, you lose the sense of justice”, estimates the Minister of Sports. “And at the same time, you have to keep pushing for free speech.” pic.twitter.com/o0tYIvr5Uk
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Benjamin Mendy has not played any official match since August 2021. “Today he is in sports rehabilitation. He resumes, after almost two years of interruption of his career, the course of his life. Here, justice has passed and we must respect that. At the same time, we must continue to push for free speech and respect for victims. It is important for me to have this balance and that these facts are the opportunity to say it again”, assures the member of the government. On a possible return of the defender to the France team, she preferred to kick in touch: ” I don’t know. Today, we have a successful French team. Benjamin Mendy resumes, let’s leave it, everything in its time! ».
