LONDON (Reuters) – Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy on Wednesday won a partial victory in his case against the Premier League club for over 11 million pounds ($14.3 million) in unpaid wages, after he was charged with and acquitted of sexual offences.
The France international filed an employment tribunal claim against Manchester City last year, seeking unpaid wages and interest from when City stopped paying him in September 2021 until the end of his contract in June 2023.
Mendy argued City had unlawfully deducted wages that he was due under his contract, saying in a witness statement that he had been promised he would be paid after he was cleared.
City’s lawyers, however, said Mendy was not paid because he “was not ready and able to perform his duties … as a consequence of his own conduct”, as he was held in custody before his trial for breaching his bail conditions.
Judge Joanne Dunlop upheld part of Mendy’s case in a written ruling on Wednesday.
A summary of the tribunal’s judgment stated: “The result of this decision is that Mr Mendy will be entitled to receive the majority of his unpaid salary, although not all of it.”
(Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by Sarah Young)
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