Benjamin Mendy: Weird atmosphere at footballer's party, trial told - BBC

A pistillate has told of the "weird atmosphere" astatine Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy's enactment wherever 2 young women were allegedly raped.

The tribunal heard the pistillate and her person were invited to Mr Mendy's location for an "after party" by a pistillate they met successful the toilets astatine a nine successful Manchester.

The enactment was besides attended by Manchester City subordinate Jack Grealish.

Mr Mendy and Louis Saha Matturie person denied a fig of enactment offences.

Chester Crown Court has been told Mr Mendy, 28, allegedly raped a 17-year-old miss doubly and a 23-year-old pistillate was allegedly raped by Mr Matturie, 41.

The pistillate and her friend, who had been successful Chinawhite club, tagged on to the party, connected 23 August past year, getting successful a taxi extracurricular the nine with 3 different women and 2 men earlier arriving astatine a "massive house" that was "deep successful Cheshire," she told constabulary successful a connection work to the jury.

On accomplishment a antheral took their phones and enactment them successful a cardboard container on with galore different mobiles.

She said: "The location was truly engaged and similar a gathering site.

"Everyone seemed precise drunk. It was similar a enactment had happened and we turned up late."

She said determination was a radical of men and women successful the lounge area, and a antheral was playing euphony connected his telephone and she had criticised his prime of music.

Her person past whispered that the antheral was 27-year-old England footballer, Mr Grealish, who, she said, past called her implicit to prime a song.

"He was being truly flirty and kept commenting however bully I looked," she said.

She and her person went downstairs to the swimming excavation area, wherever she said determination were "lots of randoms" and a miss wearing lone underwear.

"It was a truly weird atmosphere," she said successful her statement, adding: "I started feeling a spot panicky. I didn't cognize wherever I was and had nary phone."

The friends asked for their phones backmost but were told not to archer anyone wherever they had been - with "confidentiality" mentioned.

After getting a taxi astatine astir 05.30 BST the 2 young women discussed "how weird it was" and however their phones had been "snatched retired of their hands" erstwhile they arrived, the assemblage was told.

Earlier, a 23-year-old pistillate told the proceedings she had enactment with 2 men, including Mr Grealish, and "sexual activity" with Mr Mendy, which was each consensual, aft being allegedly raped by Mr Matturie.

The 17-year-old claims she was raped doubly astatine the enactment by Mr Mendy, successful his bureau and trophy room, and doubly much by Mr Matturie afterwards, erstwhile successful a cinema country and aboriginal astatine a Manchester flat.

Mr Mendy denies 7 counts of rape, 1 number of attempted rape and 1 number of intersexual battle against six young women.

Mr Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denies six counts of rape and 3 counts of intersexual battle relating to 7 young women.

Both men accidental if immoderate enactment took spot it was consensual.