Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was denied bail for a third tiniest by Judge Patrick Thompson at a 50-minute hearing at Chester Crown Court.
Mendy who is being held at HMP Altcourse, Liverpool was not in court
Mendy was charged in August with three counts of rape relating to an alleged incident in October 2020 and with the sexual assault of a woman in early January this year
The alleged attacks, on three different women including one under 18, none of whom can be identified, are said to have happened at his home address on Withinlee Road in Prestbury.
Mendy’s co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 40, of Eccles, is charged with four counts of rape.
Manchester City have suspended the defender since the charges were made
