Ex-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of raping a young woman and trying to rape another.Mendy, 28, broke down in tears as the two not guilty verdicts were delivered by the jury foreman following a three-week trial at Chester Crown Court.The French international footballer and World Cup winner had faced a lengthy jail sentence if convicted.Jurors found him not guilty of both charges following around three hours and 15 minutes of deliberations.He was cleared of attacking a

Ex-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of raping a young woman and trying to rape another.Mendy, 28, broke down in tears as the two not guilty verdicts were delivered by the jury foreman following a three-week trial at Chester Crown Court.The French international footballer and World Cup winner had faced a lengthy jail sentence if convicted.Jurors found him not guilty of both charges following around three hours and 15 minutes of deliberations.He was cleared of attacking a 24-year-old woman at The Spinney, his £4.2 million mansion in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, in October 2020.And the jury also found him not guilty of the second charge, the attempted rape of a 29-year-old woman also at his home two years before.Mendy told the jury of six women and six men, that any sexual activity was consensual.