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UK court clears French footballer of rape and assault charges

Benjamin Mendy, 28, whose contract with Manchester City expired this month, was acquitted by a Cheshire court of the rape of one woman and the attempted rape of another, leaving him to walk free after a first trial in January had already cleared him of six other rapes.

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Ex-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of raping a woman and attempting to rape another, reports BBC News.

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