The mother of Benjamin Mendy’s three-year-old daughter has called on the Manchester City defender to start a meaningful relationship with the child.
The French footballer is facing a retrial on June 26 after a jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape. In January, Judge Steven Everett discharged a jury made up of seven men and four women after 14 days of deliberations at Chester Crown Court.
Mendy has been suspended without pay by Manchester City since first being charged in September 2021. He had denied all charges.
Mendy's lawyers have said they are "delighted" that their client has been cleared of a string of rape charges and “looks forward” to clearing his name at a retrial over two remaining allegations before “rebuilding his life."
Mendy is facing a June retrial after a jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape (AFP via Getty Images)It has now emerged that Mendy, 28, has a three-year-old daughter with Yolanda Aguera, a former bank worker whom the footballer met in Barcelona.
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The mother had demanded a four-figure monthly sum from Mendy, who does not dispute paternity. He is said to pay around £350 per month. Mendy is currently on a £90k-per-week contract at City, which expires in June this year.
Speaking to the Sun, Yolanda explained: “I would like Ben to be there for our daughter as she grows up.
“He hasn’t got any kind of meaningful relationship with her just now and has only seen her once when we flew to Manchester and visited him at his home in Cheshire.”
The 41-year-old added: “She loves playing football and is left-footed like her dad and if I have the money I’d like her to start extra-curricular activities in sport and music which she also seems to have a passion for when she begins proper school next year.”
Mendy's £90k-per-week contract at Man City is expiring this year (Getty Images)Yolanda outlined how the two had met in the trendy W Hotel in Barcelona in July 2019, and while she did not recognise him and had to be told by her friend that he was a footballer, the two struck up an instant rapport.
That night’s activities led to her pregnancy which resulted in her giving birth to their daughter on 22 April, 2020. Yolanda told Mendy about her pregnancy but did not name him as the father on the birth certificate.
Mendy has agreed visiting rights to his daughter and the two parents have been trying to reach an agreement for care of the child.
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