DAILY POST
Many top footballers across the world have experienced different forms of scandals in recent months.
Former Manchester City defender, Benjamin Mendy, is the latest footballer to be cleared of rape and attempted rape by a jury at Chester Crown Court last Friday.
Mendy was accused of carrying out sexual acts on two different ladies at his £4million mansion in England.
The Frenchman missed Man City’s historic treble last season as Pep Guardiola’s side won the English Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League due to the trials.
After he was found not guilty of rape and attempted rape, Mendy later released a statement through his lawyer, thanking the “members of the jury for focusing on the evidence in the trial rather than on the rumour and innuendo that have followed this case since the outset.”
He also thanked everyone who has supported him throughout this ordeal and asked for “privacy, so he can begin to rebuild his life.”
The 28-year-old played his last game for Man City in August 2021.
Mendy is now a free man but clubless after his Man City contract expired at the end of June.
Also, Brentford striker, Ivan Toney was recently banned from playing football for a period of eight months.
The England attacker was also fined the sum of £50,000 after he admitted to 232 betting offences.
Toney will not play football nor take part in football-related activity within this period, according to the Football Association (FA).
The player was also warned as to his future conduct for breaches of The FA’s Betting Rules.
Also, Everton midfielder, Dele Alli recently revealed that he was “molested” by one of his mother’s friends at the age of six.
Alli also revealed that he started “dealing in drugs as a teenager and was sent to Africa to learn discipline,” adding that he almost quit football at a very young age.
The former Tottenham Hotspur star gave insight into some of the disturbing incidents that have affected both his life and career.
The 27-year-old revealed in an interview with Gary Neville on The Overlap that he had to check into rehab for six weeks this summer after becoming addicted to sleeping pills.
Similarly, DAILY POST reports that just like Mendy, the likes of Manchester United forward, Mason Greenwood, former Barcelona defender, Dani Alves and Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi have all experienced similar scandals.
Greenwood has been suspended by Manchester United since January 2022 over a sexual scandal against him.
The England youngster was arrested after the release of images and video online from a female acquaintance.
Charges of attempted rape, assault and coercive behaviour were dropped against Greenwood earlier this year.
The Crown Prosecution Service discontinued its case of attempted rape and assault against Greenwood, but the 21-year-old remains suspended by Man United as the Premier League club undertake an internal investigation regarding him.
