Benjamin Mendy To Sue Manchester Metropolis For Unpaid Wages
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Former Manchester Metropolis defender Benjamin Mendy is ready to sue the Premier League champions after claiming he’s owed thousands and thousands of kilos in unpaid wages. Mendy will take Metropolis to an employment tribunal in a bid to recoup what the French left-back believes had been “unauthorised deductions from wages” after he was charged with rape and sexual assault two years in the past. The 29-year-old was cleared of the rape and tried rape prices and left Metropolis when his contract expired in June.
It’s alleged Metropolis stopped paying Mendy in September 2021 after he was initially charged and held in custody.
“Nick De Marco KC… is performing for the previous Manchester Metropolis participant Benjamin Mendy in a multi-million-pound declare for unauthorised deductions from wages,” an announcement on behalf of Mendy instructed Sky Sports activities and The Guardian.
“Manchester Metropolis FC didn’t pay Mr Mendy any wages in any respect from September 2021, following Mr Mendy being charged with varied offences all of which he was subsequently acquitted of, till the top of his contract in June 2023. The declare will come earlier than an employment tribunal.”
In January, Mendy was cleared of six counts of rape and one rely of sexual assault, however the jury had been unable to achieve verdicts on two prices, resulting in a retrial.
He was discovered not responsible on these two prices by a jury on the retrial in July.
Mendy, who was reportedly paid round 100,000 kilos ($125,000) per week by Metropolis, is in search of the return of pay he’s owed up till the top of his contract with the treble winners.
A 3-time Premier League champion with Metropolis, Mendy final performed for Pep Guardiola’s workforce in 2021 and joined French membership Lorient firstly of this season.
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