HERE are the lavish rooms inside the £5million mansion now put up for sale for Benjamin Mendy as he bids to avoid bankruptcy.
Pictures have been revealed exploring the isolated home where footballer Mendy lived while playing for Manchester City when prosecuted for and ultimately cleared of alleged rape charges.
The World Cup winner, 29, has now put the gated property in Cheshire on the market – while also claiming up to £10million in unpaid wages from City for time he spent suspended from playing.
He is being chased for an £800,000 tax debt by HMRC, who are seeking a bankruptcy order.
His accountant has now told a court hearing Mendy was seeking “in the order of nine to 10million pounds gross” from the Premier League winners.
Mendy’s home in Cheshire has been put on the market by estate agent Savills for £5million as the star attempts to claw back costs.
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Glimpses inside the home were previously made public while he was in the dock before being cleared of all charges.
Drone footage was played at Chester Crown Court last August including aerial shots above Mendy’s home 17 miles south of central Manchester.
Jurors were also shown a police bodycam “walk-through” inside.
Footage featured the ground floor including a swimming pool, jacuzzi and cinema room – while the property also featured an indoor football pitch.
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Mendy has since made a comeback to football following his acquittal at Chester Crown Court last month.
The France defender, on the bench when his country beat Croatia in the 2018 World Cup final, has signed for Lorient who play in Ligue 1.
Mendy left Man City by mutual consent in June at the expiry of his contract – having not played for the Premier League and Champions League winners since 2021.
The footballer wept after being cleared of rape and attempted rape on July 14.
A jury acquitted him of attempting to rape a woman aged 29 as she showered at his home in October 2018.
He was also found not guilty of raping a 24-year-old woman in a bedroom at his Cheshire home two years later.
He celebrated his freedom that evening with pals by going out.
And he turned up at the Pitts complex in Ardwick, Manchester, two days later for a kickabout with strangers.
Mendy had last played for City against Tottenham Hotspur in August 2021 before being suspended by the club later that month when he was arrested.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
