Man Metropolis ordered to pay rape-cleared Mendy as much as £11m of withheld wages

November 7 – Former Manchester Metropolis defender Benjamin Mendy received a partial victory in his case towards the membership on Wednesday when a UK decide dominated he needs to be paid nearly all of £11.5 million in unpaid wages that have been withheld after he was charged with and later acquitted of sexual offences.

The ex-French worldwide took his case to an employment tribunal final month, claiming he had been assured he would obtain his unpaid wages as soon as he had been cleared of the costs.

Mendy, who now performs for French Ligue 2 membership Lorient, was discovered not responsible of six counts of rape and one rely of sexual assault in January 2023.

The identical jury couldn’t attain a verdict on one other rely of rape and one rely of tried rape resulting in a retrial, throughout which he was discovered not responsible.

Metropolis stopped paying Mendy in September 2021 till the tip of his contract in June 2023. The membership’s attorneys stated he was not paid as a result of he “was not prepared and capable of carry out his duties … as a consequence of his personal conduct”, since he had been held in custody earlier than his trial for breaching his bail circumstances.

However employment decide Joanne Dunlop stated in her ruling she had concluded that he was “entitled to get better some, however not the entire sums claimed”.

Mendy spent two intervals in custody, which accounted for roughly 5 months of the 22-month interval lined by his declare.

Dunlop stated in her ruling that Metropolis have been entitled to withhold Mendy’s pay for 2 intervals he spent in custody. However when Mendy was not in custody, Dunlop discovered, he was “prepared and prepared to work” however was prevented from doing so due to suspension by the Soccer Affiliation and bail circumstances “which have been unavoidable or involuntary on his half”.

There was nothing in Mendy’s contract that permitted Metropolis to withhold his wages within the occasion of a suspension by the English Soccer Affiliation and/or bail circumstances stopping him from enjoying.

In these circumstances and within the absence of “any authorisation within the contract for the employer to withhold pay, he was entitled to be paid.”

The precise quantity shall be calculated by Mendy and the membership – or by the tribunal if they’re unable to succeed in an settlement.

Mendy joined Metropolis from AS Monaco in 2017 for a payment of round £52 million on an annual wage of £6 million.

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