Slogans targeting in particular Benjamin Mendy, recently found not guilty of rape and attempted rape by British justice, were posted near the Lorient handkerchief stadium.
Acquitted of six charges of rape and one of sexual assault six months ago, Benjamin Mendy was again declared, Friday, July 14, not guilty of rape and attempted rape by British justice. Completely cleared, the former Manchester City defender joined the crowd, to everyone’s surprise, with FC Lorient.
And on the sidelines of the hake match against Nice, slogans against Benjamin Mendy, but not only, were stuck around the Moustoir. Indeed, The Telegram announces that slogans against Benjamin Mendy have been posted around the Moustoir.
“B. Mendy, A. Hakimi, W. Ben Yedder, neither forgotten nor forgiven”
“No rapists in our stadiums… let the world of football and sport clean up their ranks” or ” What does the court do? B. Mendy, A. Hakimi, W. Ben Yedder, neither forgotten nor forgiven”, could we read. The Parisian Achraf Hakimi and the Monegasque Wissam Ben Yedder, also targeted, are also accused of rape.
Benjamin Mendy had been imprisoned at the end of August 2021 and had spent more than four months in pre-trial detention, before being released at the beginning of January 2022, and placed under judicial supervision pending his first trial. Now free, the 2018 world champion has not yet made his debut with FC Lorient. it must be said that the former Marseillais has not walked the lawns in competition for more than two years.
