BENJAMIN Mendy told his rape trial today he spoke to his alleged victim about “kidnapping” her after they met in a nightclub.
The Man City star also said “we can have what we wanted” – meaning sex – after he discovered her showering at his home.
Mendy, 28, told jurors he met the complainant, named Woman One in court, while recovering from an injury in Barcelona in 2017.
Around a year later, she joined him on a night out in Manchester where the footballer claims they “flirted” and “danced together”.
He claimed they were “both smiling” when he whispered a comment about “kidnapping” her as she danced with his pal.
Mendy then allegedly asked the friend if it was “OK” if he tried to have sex with Woman One and the group all headed back to his mansion.
He told the court the woman turned him down for sex and he later arranged for his driver to take her to the train station.
Mendy is continuing his evidence today at Chester Crown Court.
The left-back was also asked about a second alleged victim, woman Two, who claims he raped her three times at his home.
Mendy told the court they did not have sex but he was left feeling “confused and shocked” when she text his co-accused Louis Saha Matturie about what she thought happened.
His second day of evidence comes after Mendy yesterday told it was “honestly, so easy” for him to meet up with women and have sex “because of the status”.
The French international said the attention became “10 times more” when he began playing for Man City and admitted he is “no Brad Pitt.
He also told jurors he would often sleep with different women on the same night, admitting: “For me it was normal, I realised just now it sounds bad.”
Mendy has been described as a “predator” who “turned the pursuit of women for sex into a game”.
He is accused of seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault against six young women.
The star allegedly locked women in “panic rooms” at his isolated mansion in Cheshire while hosting parties.
Some of his alleged victims claim their phones were taken away from them on arrival, which the prosecution say left them unable to call for help.
Mendy is on trial with co-defendant Matturie, 41, who was an alleged “fixer” in charge of finding women for sex.
He denies six counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to seven young women.
Both men say if any sex did take place with women or girls it was consensual.
