Download All Football App to enjoy the best football experience. News EPL. Football star Benjamin Mendy told his rape trial: 'I know I'm not Brad Pitt, but women came onto me - not for my looks but because of football. The Manchester City defender told the jury that women started to approach him from the age of 18 when he was playing for Marseille in the French first division.
Mendy, 28, started giving evidence in his own defence to a string of alleged sex crimes including seven rapes yesterday afternoon. He told the jury: 'I was enjoying the house, I was enjoying the women. I was so happy to be here, so excited. I was excited about the football as well. Ms Laws asked him how easy it was for him to meet women after he became a professional footballer, first for Le Havre, then Marseille and Monaco before moving to City.
He said:' Honestly, it was so easy. At the beginning I did not know why but then I realised it was because of my status. Mendy said: 'I was direct about what I wanted and direct about what they wanted. At the time I was not thinking, like, if they could be upset. If they wanted sex and I wanted sex, it was fine. I was carrying on with my party.
I was enjoying sex with a lot of women. Mendy said: 'I would be fine, I would accept it and I would stop. I like to have sex with someone who is enjoying it also.
The player told the jury: 'It is not a nice thing to say but at the time I did not worry. I knew the risks. He was asked about sleeping with more than one woman on the same night and replied: 'For me, it was normal but I realise now it sounds strange. He added that his career at the club was blighted by serious knee injuries which made him ' feel sad ' and he held parties to make feel better which he now regrets. He said: 'I had time to think about my life and what I was doing, the way I was living.
