EPL: Man City Lose Legal Battle, To Pay Mendy £11 Million
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Former Manchester City defender, Benjamin Mendy, on Wednesday won his case against the Premier League champions over £11 million in unpaid wages.
“Mr Mendy is entitled to recover some, but not all, of the sums claimed,” Judge Joanne Dunlop said in a written ruling on Wednesday.
Mendy had filed a claim against City in 2023, seeking unpaid wages from when the club stopped paying him in September 2021.
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This came shortly after the 30-year-old was charged with sexual offences.
Mendy was not paid until the end of his City contract in June 2023.
In January 2023, Mendy was acquitted of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
The Frenchman argued that City unlawfully deducted wages that he was due under his contract, saying in a witness statement that he had been promised he would be paid after he was cleared.
City’s lawyers, however, said Mendy was not paid because he was not able to perform his duties as he was held in custody before his trial for breaching his bail conditions.
