Because “they let a predator continue to play and put other females at danger,” the claimed victim of a sex assault by football player Benjamin Mendy sought to sue Manchester City, a court heard.
The jury at Chester Crown Court was informed that she told a police officer after reporting her allegations: “Let him play, I am going to sue him.”
The witness said, “Had he stopped before the party, neither I nor anybody else would have been injured.” They exposed other girls to danger by allowing a predator to continue playing.
It wasn’t a matter of obtaining anything in return. The message was that he was still permitted to play even though he was putting other people’s lives at jeopardy.
“Whatever happened to the other females was far worse than what happened to me,” I said.
He was still permitted to play, live normally, go to practise, play games, attend parties, and go clubbing as if nothing had happened.
The lady claimed that she made the remarks “out of rage” at the time, but she did not pursue a claim for damages against the Premier League team.
The witness stated that following the alleged encounter, she had little interaction with Mendy, who denies repeated sex assaults.
Additionally, she said that after viewing news coverage of Mendy the day after, she had texted a friend and asked whether she might sell her tale.
It was a sizable gathering, the witness said. I recall saying something and making a funny face, but I refused to sell a tale.
After the event, she spent two hours in the pool, although she denied that they had danced together during that time.
A two-second video clip of the party was shown to the witness during Eleanor Laws QC’s cross-examination of the lady on behalf of Mendy.
It featured Mendy dancing to loud music with a group of females, some of whom were inhaling balloons, while wearing black glasses and a white singlet.
The witness was questioned whether she wanted to retract her statement that she had been attempting to “keep my distance” from the soccer player after she was seen dancing with Mr. Mendy at the conclusion of the video.
I was merely at the party like everyone else, the girl retorted.
Mendy, according to the prosecution, is a “predator” who “made the pursuit of women for sex into a game.”
Mendy disputes eight charges of rape, one charge of attempted rape, and one charge of sexual assault involving seven young women.
The football player’s buddy and fixer, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, is a co-accused and is accused of having the responsibility of locating young ladies for sex.
Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denies four charges of sexual assault and eight counts of rape involving eight young people.
If any sexual activity did occur with women or girls, according to both males, it was consenting.
The trial goes on.