[ad_1] Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy has been charged with a further Count of Rape, it was announced on Wednesday following the lifting of reporting restrictions. The latest allegation, which relates to a new complainant, means the 27-year-old has now been accused of eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape, relating to seven young women. Mendy pleaded not guilty last month to the prior charges. The latest has not yet been put to him in court. The media had been…