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Chester \u2014 Manchester City and France international footballer Benjamin Mendy, who has been charged with seven counts of rape, was on Friday freed on bail by a court in northwest England.<\/p>\n
Judge Patrick Thompson granted bail to the 27-year-old defender at a hearing at Chester Crown Court subject to “stringent” conditions, including the surrender of his passport.<\/p>\n
Mendy, who is accused by five women of seven counts of rape and one of sexual assault, has been in custody since being arrested and charged on August 26 last year.<\/p>\n
The trial will not take place until at least June, Thompson said, and Mendy is due to appear again for a hearing on January 24.<\/p>\n
The footballer who lives in Prestbury, near Macclesfield, was a \u00a352 million ($70 million) signing from Monaco in 2017 and has played 75 times for City but his playing time has been limited by injuries and a loss of form.<\/p>\n
The last of his 10 caps for France came in November 2019.<\/p>\n
The left-back won the World Cup with France in 2018. He has been suspended by the Premier League champions pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n
Mendy had been held at Altcourse prison in Liverpool before recently being transferred to a prison in Manchester.<\/p>\n
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