Benjamin Mendy trial lifts lid on footballer’s partying lifestyle

Court case revealed private life of Manchester City star, from his chat-up lines to profligate spending

Benjamin Mendy's five-month trial lifted the lid on his private life off the pitch, offering unique through the keyhole" access to his home and inner circle.

The jury heard the defender's chat-up lines: I said to her, Show me your bum.' She showed me her bum and I said: Do you want to have sex?'" They discovered he never used contraception, despite regularly sleeping with multiple women in the course of a night. They heard that Mendy and his friends sometimes had sex with the same women, albeit separately, on some nights.