Benjamin Mendy has launched a “multi-million-pound” claim against Manchester City over unpaid wages.
The 29-year-old former City defender has filed the claim with the Employment Tribunal within the last few days, claiming “unauthorised deductions from wages” after he was charged with rape and sexual assault in 2021.
Mendy will take City to an employment tribunal in a bid to recoup what the French left-back believes were “unauthorised deductions from wages” after he was charged with rape and sexual assault two years ago.
The 29-year-old was cleared of the rape and attempted rape charges and left City when his contract expired in June.
It is alleged City stopped paying Mendy in September 2021 after he was initially charged and held in custody.
In July, Mendy was found not guilty by a jury in a retrial at Chester Crown Court. Earlier this year the footballer had been found not guilty of sexual offences against a number of women but the jury were unable to reach verdicts on the two charges, leading to the retrial.
Mendy has been seeking the return of pay he is owed up until the end of his contract, which ended in June 2023.
Mendy became the Premier League’s most expensive defender when City paid £52m to Monaco for him in 2017.
He won three titles with City and was part of France’s World Cup-winning squad in 2018.
Mendy last played for the club in August 2021, and now plays for Lorient in Ligue 1.
