Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged in connection with four serious sexual offences including rape.
The 27-year-old footballer has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
The charges relate to three people over the age of 16 and are alleged to have taken place between October 2020 and August 2021.
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Mendy, of Withinlee Road, Prestbury, has been taken into police custody ahead of appearing in Chester Magistrates’ Court on Friday, August 27.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised Cheshire Constabulary to charge him on Thursday, August 26.
Cheshire Constabulary and the CPS would like to remind everyone that criminal proceedings against Mendy are live and that he has a right to a fair trial.
**It is important that there should be no sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice ongoing proceedings.
A statement from the Manchester City Football Club said: "Manchester City can confirm that following his being charged by police today, Benjamin Mendy has been suspended pending an investigation.
"The matter is subject to a legal process and the Club is therefore unable to make further comment until that process is complete."
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