BENJAMIN Mendy told a woman “I’m going to kidnap you” on a night out, a court heard.
The Manchester City left-back, 28, is accused of “exposing his penis” to Woman One, his first alleged victim, while she showered.
The £52million defender is accused of 10 offences against seven women as young as 17 between October 2018 and August last year.
He denies eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape.
Mendy’s co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, is accused of eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault relating to eight women, which he also denies.
The Chester Crown Court jury today saw a pre-recorded police interview with Woman One – who cannot be named for legal reasons.
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Mendy first met Woman One along with her friend in Barcelona in 2017.
Woman One travelled to the UK the following year to see her friend and Mendy. The group went on a night out to two clubs.
At one of the clubs, Mendy allegedly told Woman One: “When he is not looking, I’m going to kidnap you.”
The following morning, the woman took a shower at Mendy’s house.
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While she was showering, Mendy entered the room and “held himself in his private area”, the woman said.
She tried to grab her underwear but Mendy kept “obstructing her”, the court heard.
Woman One told cops: “He kept forcing himself to see me and take off my towel.
“I kept pushing him away to the point where he kept grabbing me back.”
She claims Mendy then sat on the bed and “put her on top of him” – before “holding her down” as she tried to push him away.
Woman One added: “I was clinging on to my towel so it would not come undone.”
The woman claims Mendy removed his boxers and moved his penis near to her.
She told cops: “He was saying things like ‘are you scared? You don’t have to be scared’.
“I kept thinking where are his friends? Why is no one here? Shall I scream? There’s no point.
He kept forcing himself to see me and take off my towel.
Woman One
“He’s in his own territory, what am I going to do?”
On Monday, the jury were told harrowing details of the rapes – including the day Mendy allegedly attacked THREE women.
On July 23 and into July 24, there was a pool party, a trip to a nightclub and a post-club party back at Mendy’s “isolated” mansion.
During this time, Mendy allegedly raped three women – one aged 22 and two aged 19.
One of the 19-year-olds was also allegedly raped by Saha Matturie.
The mansion was “part and parcel” of how Mendy and Saha Matturie were able to abuse their alleged victim.
Mr Cray said there were five dates – between October 2018 and August 2021 – when nine young women arrived at Mendy’s address.
Afterwards, they all made complaints of rape and, or sexual assault against Mendy and Saha Matturie.
The court heard how Mendy and Saha Matturie shut several of their victims in rooms in the mansion.
MENDY ‘RAPE’
The women were allegedly put in the study and master bedroom, which have “special locking doors”.
The locking mechanism created a “panic room” in case of burglary which can only be opened from the inside not the outside.
Mr Cray told jurors only someone who knew how to open the doors could do so, adding: “Two witnesses allege rapes in those rooms and felt they were locked in.”
“Vulnerable, scared, isolated – these are words you’ll hear from lots of the witnesses,” Mr Cray added.
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“Ask yourselves, as you get under the skin of what was happening, who had the power and control in the situations these women experienced and you will hear about?”
Some of the complainants were 17 and 18 at the time.
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