- Manchester City stopped paying Benjamin Mendy’s wages in September 2021
- He has now reportedly lodged a claim against City with an Employment Tribunal
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Benjamin Mendy has gone to war with Manchester City after launching a ‘multi-million-pound’ claim against them over unpaid wages.
Mendy was accused of raping a 24-year-old woman in a bedroom at his home in Cheshire in October 2020. He was also charged with the attempted rape of a 29-year-old woman at his home two years earlier.
Mendy, who continually denied both charges and was found not guilty by the jury at Chester Crown Court earlier this year, saw Man City stop paying his £100,000-a-week wages in September 2021.
Now, according to Sky Sports, Mendy has opened a ‘multi-million pound claim’ against City for wages owed.
The claim is reported to have been lodged with the Employment Tribunal in recent days, with Mendy claiming ‘unauthorised deductions from wages’ while his trial was ongoing.
Mendy, who became the Premier League’s most expensive defender at the time City paid AS Monaco £52million in 2017, was due to be under contract in Manchester until June 2023.
As such, Mendy is now seeking salary owed from September 2021 to June 2023 and the expiration of his contract.
Sky’s report adds that prominent sports lawyer Nick De Marco KC is acting on Mendy’s behalf.
A statement made to Sky said: ‘Nick De Marco KC (instructed by Laffer Abogados (Madrid) is acting for the former Manchester City player Benjamin Mendy in a multi-million-pound claim for unauthorised deductions from wages.
‘Manchester City FC failed to pay Mr Mendy any wages at all from September 2021, following Mr Mendy being charged with various offences all of which he was subsequently acquitted of, until the end of his contract in June 2023. The claim will come before an Employment Tribunal.’
Louis Doyle KC, for Mr Mendy, explained last month that discussions with Man City were ongoing and ‘one senses that there is going to be a positive end to the dispute’.
Meanwhile, Mr Mendy’s accountant, David Lumley, previously described the back pay as ‘in the order of nine to 10 million pounds gross’.
Earlier this month it was revealed that Mendy slashed a mega £750,000 off the £5m asking price for his Cheshire mansion in a bid to beat bankruptcy.
MailOnline reported in August that Mendy had put the swanky mansion up for £5m following his move to Ligue 1 side Lorient, where he is looking to rebuild his career after two criminal trials.
But now the 29-year-old is desperate to sell up, and has reduced the asking price to £4.25m, according to The Sun.
It comes months after the High Court heard that Mendy was selling his house and was chasing millions of pounds in back pay from City to avoid bankruptcy. Two offers had been made on the property but the asking price has since been reduced.
Addressing Mendy’s debt, with a bankruptcy order of almost £800,000, Mr Doyle said: ‘He is embarrassed about the fact that he is not able to discharge it quicker than he is able to.
‘He is saying ‘I want to pay as quickly as I can, I realise that I am in difficulty’.’
HM Revenue and Customs is seeking a bankruptcy order against the France international over a tax debt of nearly £800,000, a specialist judge was told.
The hearing was adjourned to October to allow Mendy time to sell the house but it seems the left back has struggled to find the home a new owner.
His prestigious former home in the village of Mottram St Andrew is described by estate agents Savills as ‘one of the finest contemporary homes in Cheshire’.
The ‘amazing 11,000sq-ft residence’ is set in over 1.75 acres of grounds and boasts six bedroom suites, an open plan living area, games room, home cinema, swimming pool, steam room, gym and spa.
Estate agents Savills, which are marketing the property, said: ‘This impressive home was built about 15 years ago and has been upgraded twice in intervening years.’
Among the highlights are ‘an enormous principal bedroom suite with a vaulted bedroom area, a fitted dressing room and a large en-suite bathroom.’
The garden includes a ‘sports pitch, basketball area, extensive terraces and an outside kitchen/entertaining area’.
The property was bought by Mendy from cricketing legend Andrew Flintoff in 2018 for £4.8m.
Flintoff, who never lived at the house, bought it for £1.8million in 2008 and spent two years rebuilding the property – before renting it out.
His tenants included former footballer Peter Crouch and wife Abbey Clancy.
Flintoff bought the property from former Man City boss Mark Hughes, who most recently managed Bradford City. Hughes had already secured planning permission to completely rebuild the property.
The house is in one of the most exclusive roads in Cheshire’s so-called ‘golden triangle’, made up of villages between Prestbury, Alderley Edge and Wilmslow.
Neighbours on the lane have included former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney, before he and his family moved to a newly built £20m mansion nearby.
By Sam Mcevoy and Richard Marsden and Jack Wright For Mailonline
14:26 07 Nov 2023, updated 14:26 07 Nov 2023
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Benjamin Mendy has slashed a mega £750,000 off the £5million asking price for his Cheshire mansion in a bid to beat bankruptcy.
The former Man City defender must sell his exclusive property to avoid bankruptcy after being cleared of raping and sexually assaulting women during parties at the address.
The MailOnline reported in August that Mendy had put the swanky mansion up for £5m following his move to Ligue 1 side Lorient, where he is looking to rebuild his career after two criminal trials.
But now the 29-year-old is desperate to sell up, and has reduced the asking price to £4.25m according to The Sun.
It comes months after the High Court heard that Mendy was selling his house and was chasing millions of pounds in back pay from City to avoid bankruptcy. Two offers had been made on the property but the asking price has since been reduced.
HM Revenue and Customs is seeking a bankruptcy order against the France international over a tax debt of nearly £800,000, a specialist judge was told.
The hearing was adjourned to October to allow Mendy time to sell the house but it seems the left back has struggled to find the home a new owner.
His prestigious former home in the village of Mottram St Andrew is described by estate agents Savills as ‘one of the finest contemporary homes in Cheshire’.
The ‘amazing 11,000sq-ft residence’ is set in over 1.75 acres of grounds and boasts six bedroom suites, an open plan living area, games room, home cinema, swimming pool, steam room, gym and spa.
Estate agents Savills, which are marketing the property, said: ‘This impressive home was built about 15 years ago and has been upgraded twice in intervening years.’
Among the highlights are ‘an enormous principal bedroom suite with a vaulted bedroom area, a fitted dressing room and a large en-suite bathroom.’
The garden includes a ‘sports pitch, basketball area, extensive terraces and an outside kitchen/entertaining area’.
Other selling points for potential buyers are proximity to leading private schools, ‘good restaurants and bistros’ in nearby Prestbury, and ‘lovely walks in the surrounding countryside’.
The property was bought by Mendy from cricketing legend Andrew Flintoff in 2018 for £4.8m.
Flintoff, who never lived at the house, bought it for £1.8million in 2008 and spent two years rebuilding the property – before renting it out.
His tenants included former footballer Peter Crouch and wife Abbey Clancy.
Flintoff bought the property from former Man City boss Mark Hughes, who most recently managed Bradford City. Hughes had already secured planning permission to completely rebuild the property.
The house is in one of the most exclusive roads in Cheshire’s so-called ‘golden triangle’, made up of villages between Prestbury, Alderley Edge and Wilmslow.
Neighbours on the lane have included former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney, before he and his family moved to a newly-built £20m mansion nearby.
Mendy was cleared of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in January after a trial at Chester Crown Court.
He was then cleared of one more count of rape and attempted rape in July after a retrial at the same court.
The trial heard Mendy, who joined City in 2017, had a hard-partying lifestyle, clubbing two or three times a week as well as inviting numerous young women to his home and frequently having sex with more than one on the same night.
His lifestyle was an open secret among colleagues.
Some of the parties which led to the offences Mendy was charged with even took place while he was being treated for a knee injury between October and November 2020 and in breach of Covid rules which were then in place.
Giving evidence in court, Mendy – who spent time in prison on remand after being charged – said: ‘I was enjoying the house, I was enjoying the women.
‘I was so happy to be here, so excited. At the time, I was not thinking about what was bad – the parties, the Covid rules – I was on the train going fast and kept going until I went to prison. That was the first time I was really alone and had time to think about everything.’
Manchester City suspended Mendy following his arrest in August 2021 and stopped paying him the following month. He was released by the club when his contract expired in June this year.
In relation to the £800,000 tax debt, a court heard last month that Mendy is ’embarrassed’ about it which he wants to pay ‘as quickly as possible’.
Louis Doyle KC, representing Mendy, successfully asked for an adjournment for the sportsman to settle the sum.
The court heard that Mendy remains in negotiations with his former club over his backdated salary, after City stopped paying him when he was charged with rape in 2021.
Mr Doyle said discussions with the club were ongoing and ‘one senses that there is going to be a positive end to the dispute’.
Mendy’s accountant, David Lumley, previously described the back pay as ‘in the order of nine to 10 million pounds gross’.
Addressing the debt, Mr Doyle said: ‘He is embarrassed about the fact that he is not able to discharge it quicker than he is able to.
‘He is saying “I want to pay as quickly as I can, I realise that I am in difficulty”.’
The barrister added: ‘This is perhaps, if not the last chance saloon, it is close to last orders at the last chance saloon.’
The court was told that £277,000 had been paid to HMRC, though the department’s lawyer Megan Vanderhook said it had not yet been received.
Mr Doyle later told the court that Mendy was prepared to pay £20,000 a month to HMRC from his salary from his new employer – French club Lorient.
Judge Mark Mullen adjourned the hearing for four months, describing the delay as ‘final’.
‘It is clear the debtor is a man of substantial means and the question is really one of realising his assets and particularly resolving a dispute with his former employer,’ he said.
By Jimmy Briggs For Daily Mail Australia
02:21 04 Oct 2023, updated 02:21 04 Oct 2023
She was recently linked to millionaire property investor, Tony Benjamin.
And on Tuesday, Dina Broadhurst appeared to soft launch a new beau on Instagram by posting a very revealing beachside snap.
The photo in question showed a bikini-clad Dina lying on a towel at a scenic beach.
A mystery man’s hands were seen caressing her back, however his face was notably cut out of the frame.
‘Long weekend heat,’ she wrote next to the photo and added a scorching sun emoji.
It is unclear if the man in the picture is Benjamin.
Last month, Dina was thrust into a public love scandal after she was spotted canoodling with Benjamin in the Eastern Suburbs.
The pair were photographed kissing during a stroll along the famous Bondi to Bronte walk.
Benjamin is said to have previously been in a professional and romantic relationship with Potts Point jeweller Chrissi James.
Well-placed eastern suburbs sources say silver-haired fox Benjamin has in the past been referred to as ‘Mr Sexy Time’ and has dated several local socialites over the years.
Along with having been romantically involved, Chrissi and Benjamin are the brains behind III Rooms Sydney – a holiday rental of three apartments in an iconic three-storey building in Sydney’s Potts Point.
This comes after Dina split from her longtime partner Max Shepherd in June.
Max, 31, recently moved into Michael Clarke‘s bachelor pad in Vaucluse, and he nursed his heartbreak with a trip overseas.
During his trip, he shared several videos on Instagram of himself enjoying time on a luxury yacht with his genetically blessed pals – with Dina noticeably missing from the celebrations. It remains unclear if he is now back from Europe or not.
The couple, who had been building a new home together in Sydney, were in a relationship since 2018.
Max last appeared on Dina’s feed back in February and he most recently posted a loved-up picture of the couple in December last year.