Mendy joins French club Lorient after being cleared in the sex allegation.

 Mendy joins French club Lorient after being cleared in the sex allegation



Benjamin Mendy signed for the French football club of Lorient, Brittany, on Wednesday, July 19, after the former Manchester City and France defender was acquitted in a sex offenses trial in England last week.

"Lorient is happy to announce today the signing on a two-year deal of the French international left-back Benjamin Mendy," the Ligue 1 club said. Mendy, 29, was cleared of sex offences last week, ending a three-year court process.

The player, who would have faced a lengthy jail term if convicted, had previously been cleared in January of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault following a six-month trial.

But jurors in that trial had been unable to reach a verdict on two other counts, triggering the retrial that ended last week.

Mendy, whose contract with English and European champions Manchester City expired at the end of June, had denied all the charges against him.

French defender Benjamin Mendy (L) in London, on July 18, 2020.

The move away from the Premier League following his trials seemed inevitable, with even his legal team telling jurors that "his life, as he knew it, is over, in football in the UK."

Lorient, 10th behind champions Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 last season, said their new signing would start training from Wednesday after taking a medical exam.

Lorient, who face Bournemouth in a friendly on August 5, begin their 2023-34 Ligue 1 campaign against champions PSG on August 13

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