# Soccer-Edouard and Ferland Mendy slam media mix-ups with accused Benjamin
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2021-11-18
Category: NEWS
Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news
Meta Title: Chelsea and Real Madrid Players Express Concern About Media
Meta Description: Edouard Mendy and Ferland Mendy express anger at being wrongly associated with Manchester City player accused of rape and sexual assault.
URL: https://financedigest.com/soccer-edouard-and-ferland-mendy-slam-media-mix-ups-with-accused-benjaminhtml

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(Reuters) – Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy and Real Madrid’s Ferland Mendy have complained about media outlets using their images to illustrate news reports about Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy, who has been accused of rape and sexual assault.

Benjamin Mendy, a France international has been charged with six counts of rape and one of sexual assault. He has not yet formally entered a plea but his lawyer said the player has denied the allegations.

The Premier League club has suspended the 27-year-old, who has been in custody since August.

Edouard Mendy is a Senegal international while Ferland Mendy plays for France. The two, who are cousins, shared screenshots of reports from [several](https://www.financedigest.com/severe-april-storms-result-in-2bn-hit-to-us-economy-according-to-aon-catastrophe-report.html "Severe April storms result in bn hit to US economy, according to Aon catastrophe report") media outlets using their photographs for reports about Benjamin Mendy.

All three of the players are Black.

“Sad to see that in 2021, in France as well as in England, for some, Black people have neither names nor distinct faces,” Edouard wrote on an Instagram

These ‘mistakes’ of photos appear anecdotal, but actually they are [quite the opposite](https://www.financedigest.com/nothing-cryptic-about-new-crypto-start-up-quite-the-opposite.html "Nothing cryptic about new crypto start-up – quite the opposite           "), they are highly symbolic.

“It’s not that complicated to differentiate two faces, especially when the football jersey is of valuable help!”

Benjamin Mendy signed for City from Ligue 1 side AS Monaco in 2017 for a fee in the region of 52 [million pounds](https://www.financedigest.com/incentive-qas-expands-retail-portfolio-with-million-pound-shopping-centre-contract.html "Incentive QAS Expands Retail Portfolio With Million Pound Shopping Centre Contract") ($70.16 million).

(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Robert Birsel)


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