Troubled French soccer player Benjamin Mendy has reportedly been moved to a notorious maximum-security jail ‘for his own protection’ as he awaits trial for rape allegations.
Reports say the 27-year-old footballer star was switched to the notorious HMP Prison Manchester, commonly referred to as Strangeways, on December 23, 2021.
A source told The Sun: ‘Both Mendy and his co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie have been moved because their case is so high profile.
‘That can lead to safety and prisoner management issues and it was felt Category A conditions might be better equipped to deal with any potential issues.
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The development comes weeks after Mendy was slammed with a seventh count charge of rape by a new complainant in the United Kingdom.
The footballer is now accused of a total of seven rapes and one s3xual assault case relating to five complainants over the age of 16 and are alleged to have taken place between October 2020 and August 2021.
Co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, is charged with six counts of rape and one of sexual assault.
