Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with a new rape charge, a judicial source said Wednesday, after reporting restrictions were lifted.
A 27-year-old woman filed a new rape complaint against Mindy, who is accused of eight rapes, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape, involving seven women who filed complaints against him.
The 27-year-old City full-back, who won the World Cup in Russia with the "Rooster", pleaded not guilty last month to the previous charges.
The media was prevented from reporting the new charge, but Judge Stephen Everett lifted the restriction during a hearing at Chester Crown Court in northwest England.
The 10 charges against Mendy relate to events that allegedly occurred between October 2018 and August 2021 at his home.
Mindy will appear before a jury on the 25th of next month with his co-defendant Louis Saha Matori, 40, who also pleaded not guilty, denying 8 counts of rape and 4 counts of sexually assaulting 8 young women.
Mendy, the world champion with the "Rooster" team in 2018, was released in early January and placed under judicial supervision pending trial.
Mendy joined City for 60 million euros in 2017, after he caught the eye with Marseille, and starred with Monaco for one season, which made him at that time the most expensive defender in history.
And he played 75 games with the English champions in the past two seasons, but he suffered from a decline in his level and several injuries.
The full-back played 10 matches with the France national team, the last of which was in November 2019.