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MANCHESTER City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two more rapes – on top of the four counts he is already facing.
The £52million France international has been accused of attacking four women – all over 16 – between October 2020 and August 2021.
He now faces a total of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault. He is yet to enter pleas to the charges.
A second man, Louis Saha Matturie, 40, was also handed two additional counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
Both Mendy – who is on remand at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool – and Matturie will appear at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on November 17.
The men are scheduled to go on trial on January 24, 2022.
Mendy was arrested after a 17-year-old girl alleged she had been sexually abused at his £5million Cheshire mansion this August.
He was also accused of raping a woman last October, as well as a sexual assault in January.
Mendy was initially charged with four counts of rape and one sexual assault.
In October, Mendy was denied bail by a judge at a 50-minute hearing at Chester Crown Court. It was the third bail application Mendy had made.
Man City suspended the Premier League left-back in August, pending an investigation.
In a statement, the club said: “Manchester City can confirm that following his being charged by police today, Benjamin Mendy has been suspended pending an investigation.
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