Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two additional counts of rape, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.
The CPS said in a statement that it has authorised Cheshire police to charge Mendy with two additional counts of rape and Louis Saha Matturie, 40, with two additional counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
Defender Mendy, 27, who remains in custody, is now facing six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
The charges relate to four complainants over the age of 16 and are alleged to have taken place between October 2020 and August 2021.
The France international joined Premier League champions Manchester City in 2017 from Monaco for a reported £52m.
The club suspended the left-back in August after he was first charged.
The club said in a statement at the time: “The matter is subject to a legal process and the Club is therefore unable to make further comment until that process is complete.”
Mendy, of Prestbury, Cheshire, and Matturie, of Eccles, will appear at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on November 17.
Matturie was also previously charged with four counts of rape and one of sexual assault.
