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A woman who claims she was raped by Benjamin Mendy has said she did not have sex with his team-mate Jack Grealish after another woman claims she did.Grealish, 27, was among partygoers at Mendy’s mansion in Cheshire last year when the 17-year-old complainant says she was attacked by Mendy, 28, and co-accused Louis Saha Matturie, 41.
Last week it was claimed a woman who was allegedly raped by Matturie also had sex with Jack Grealish on the same night
Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy denies multiple sex offences against a string of young womenCredit: PA
Mendy’s co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie arrives at Chester Crown CourtCredit: PA
Mendy and Matturie are on trial at Chester Crown Court where they deny multiple sex offences against a string of young women.
Last week the court heard the 17-year-old said to police that a 23-year-old woman, who also alleges Matturie raped her, told her on the night she had sex with Grealish.
On Monday, in further police interviews she said Matturie also mentioned to her the woman had “been together” with the former Aston Villa winger.
Three or four of Grealish’ friends from Birmingham came to the party after she earlier arrived in a taxi which followed a Range Rover in which Grealish was a passenger, she said.
The complainant said his friends were “quite pleasant” and “quite normal”, and there was “nothing suggestive or weird” in their conversations.
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Grealish went on to compliment her “beautiful eyes” as she entered the swimming pool at the mansion and he walked out.
She said she replied: “Thank you.”
Later she saw Grealish “fast asleep” in the house.
She told detectives: “I remember him being quite drunk.”
The woman said she had not previously met Grealish and only “knew of him just off the TV”.
She said the footballer and his friends did not do anything that made her feel uncomfortable.
She confirmed to police that she did not have any sexual contact with Grealish.
The detective asked: “Have you since that night told anybody if you had any physical contact with him?”
“No,” she replied.
The court heard that days before the woman was invited by Saha to watch a Manchester City match from a private box.
At the time she said she thought Saha was Mendy’s personal assistant or “some kind of entourage, a bodyguard”.
In a text exchange with a friend, Mendy was referred to as “the worst player on the team…guy goes out too much.
“He made us lose against Tottenham.”
Prosecutors claim Mendy is a “predator” who “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game”.
Matturie, his friend and “fixer”, allegedly had the job of finding young women for sex.
Mendy denies seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women.
Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denies six counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to seven young women.
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Both men say, if any sex did take place with women or girls, it was consensual.
The trial was adjourned until Tuesday morning. More

BENJAMIN Mendy is still facing nine charges against six alleged victims after being cleared of one count of rape today.The 28-year-old World Cup winner was cleared at Chester Crown Court of the rape of a 19-year-old woman at his home in Cheshire on July 24 last year.
Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of one count of rape but still faces multiple chargesCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
Co-accused Louis Saha Matturie, 41, was also cleared of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault against the same woman.
It came after the prosecution offered no further evidence against the defendants on those four counts.
Football star Mendy still faces seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women.
The Manchester City defender denies all charges against him.
Matturie of Eccles, Salford, wiped tears from his eyes as he stood in the dock and the formal not guilty verdicts, as directed by the judge, were given by the foreman of the jury at Chester Crown Court.
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Judge Stephen Everett warned jurors not to speculate as to why the prosecution had decided not to pursue guilty verdicts and to continue to “faithfully” try the defendants on the multiple charges they still face.
Earlier, jurors were told of a private video of the woman having “enthusiastic sex” with Matturie, when she claimed she had been raped.
The 20-minute mobile phone video was taken by Matturie on August 1 last year, the court heard.
This was a week after both men had allegedly raped the same woman on the same night the previous weekend at the footballer’s mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire.
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The woman had told the jury Matturie sexually assaulted her for a second time at a flat in Salford on August 1, last year, after clubbing at China White nightclub in Manchester.
Lisa Wilding KC, defending Matturie, suggested what happened between them was, “consensual, willing and enthusiastic” sex, not rape, Chester Crown Court heard.
The woman denied this, claiming the incident left her feeling “shamed and disgusted”.
Ms Wilding continued: “When you and he had sex … you and he filmed that sex. You know that you and he had a discussion beforehand, words to the effect, ‘Let’s make our own little movie’.”
The witness replied: “No. I wouldn’t do that.”
Ms Wilding added: “He had his phone right in front of you all the time you and he was having sex.”
The woman replied: “I was not aware of that.”
Ms Wilding said: “You looked directly at the camera more than once, enjoying what you were doing?”
The woman, who became tearful, replied: “No.”
Ms Wilding continued: “The sex took nearly 20 minutes. You had sex initially on your knees. You then gave him oral sex, looking at the camera.
“Did you then sit on top of him, gyrating and smiling at the camera?”
“No,” the woman replied.
Miss Wilding said: “Well, then I’m going to have to ask you to look at some images.”
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The hearing was then adjourned and when court resumed after lunch time, Timothy Cray QC, prosecuting, told the court the prosecution was not now seeking guilty verdicts on alleged sexual offences involving the 19-year-old complainant.
Jurors were then directed to enter not guilty verdicts against the defendants.
The rape charge dropped against Mr Mendy related to an incident with Mr Matturie when the woman had claimed she awoke to find the footballer raping her.
The same night, July 24 last year, Matturie is also alleged to have raped her according to DNA evidence, but she has “no memory” of that, the court heard. That count was also dropped.
Prosecutors have alleged Mendy is a “predator” who “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game”.
Mendy still faces seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women.
Matturie, the footballer’s friend and fixer, is alleged to have had the job of finding young women for sex.
Matturie still denies six counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to seven young women.
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Both men say if any sex did take place with women or girls it was consensual.
The trial was adjourned until Wednesday morning. More

BENJAMIN Mendy told a woman “it’s small, don’t worry” before he raped her at his mansion, a court heard.The Manchester City left-back, 28, is accused of 10 offences against seven women as young as 17 between October 2018 and August last year.
Benjamin Mendy is seen arriving at Chester Crown Court todayCredit: PA
Mendy’s co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, is accused of eight counts of rapeCredit: PA
He denies eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape.
Today, the jury were shown a police interview with one alleged victim.
In it, she tells cops player tried to “debate” her into having sex after getting her alone at a gathering at his mansion in July 2021.
Despite giving him “every excuse” her protests “didn’t phase him”, Chester Crown Court heard.
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Mendy allegedly told the woman “don’t you trust me”, shortly before she “gave in” and had sex – which lasted 20 seconds, she claims.
The woman said she “felt dirty” and used most of a pack of baby wipes to try to clean herself after the incident, the jury heard.
She did not report the rape to police until being contacted by officers after other allegations surfaced because “it was like one word against another”.
Recalling the alleged incident in a recorded police interview she said she had been invited to Mendy’s home where people were drinking and playing games.
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But as she was about to leave, he took her into the cinema room at the house alone where they talked and began kissing before he pulled his underwear down.
She said: “His language was quite direct and crude. He said ‘you don’t trust me?’ and I said ‘I don’t know you’.
“He was like ‘all these women want to f**k me’ and I was like ‘okay’.”
“I think he was saying stuff to make me want to do stuff with him. I was like I’m not doing anything like that and I literally had to give excuses as to why.”
The woman gave Mendy several reasons as to why she didn’t want to have sex with him – including her fear it would “hurt”, she claims.
She says he replied: “It’s small, don’t worry.”
The woman added: “I was sat on a bean bag and he was standing in front of me holding himself. I felt like I had given him every excuse to get out of the situation…
“It didn’t phase him, it’s like nothing I said got through to him and it’s like arguing with a brick wall.”
The woman explained to the court how she didn’t know other guests at the party well and didn’t feel she could just walk away.
She continued: “When I sat on that bean bag and I ended up having to like give in. There was nothing more I could do.”
“Within 20 seconds it was over.”
Following the alleged rape, she said she “didn’t know how to process what had just happened” and “felt so by myself”, the court heard.
Mendy denies eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape, and one count of sexual assault against seven young women.
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 denies.
Saha Matturie – the footballer’s friend and fixer – allegedly had the job of finding young women for sex.
Both men say that if any sex did take place it was consensual.
In the first week of his trial, Chester Crown Court heard how Mendy boasted “I have had sex with 10,000 women” shortly after raping a 20-year-old.
The footballer allegedly told the woman “the door is locked anyway” when she begged to leave his bedroom.
And yesterday, Mendy was accused of grabbing another woman between her legs and asking her: “Why are you angry?”
He was accused of sexually assaulting the alleged victim at a pool party at his mansion in January 2021.
In a police interview, shown to Chester Crown Court, the woman claims the former French international questioned why she was annoyed then told her: “You look better when you smile.”
She told a detective: “I was just shocked. I was just taken aback by it.
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“I was just shocked in realising what happened.”
The trial continues.
The Manchester City left-back, 28, is accused of 10 offences against seven womenCredit: PA More