Benjamin Mendy 'took woman's phone before using pick-up line and trying to rape her'

dailystar.co.uk:

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy gave women the same ‘intro line’ before trying to rape them, a court heard.The footballer, 28, denies raping and sexually assaulting seven women on five different occasions at his Cheshire mansion between October 2018 and August last year.Mendy is said to have told two of the alleged victims ‘I just want to see you naked’ - before trying to rape them, the prosecution claimed.Also on trial is Mendy’s friend and ‘fixer’ Louis Saha Matturie, 41, who allegedly helped find young women for Mendy and was present at parties where women claim they were raped.Two of the women were taken into rooms they believed were locked and two were allegedly raped by both men on the same evenings, the court heard.The claims came as the trial, which is due to last until November, began at Chester Crown Court this morning.The French International denies eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape.

Saha, of Eccles, denies eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault against seven different women.While all of the charges Mendy is facing took place at his mansion in Cheshire, some of the offences Saha is accused of allegedly took place at a flat in Salford, Manchester, rented by Mendy.Mendy joined Manchester City from Monaco in 2017 in a deal worth more than £50m.