Five months after a jury exonerated him of numerous other charges, French footballer Benjamin Mendy was back in a UK courtroom on Monday to face a retrial for two alleged sexual offenses.

The 28-year-old Manchester City midfielder Mendy was seen entering and exiting Chester Crown Court in northwest England as he prepared to return to the dock on one rape and one attempted rape charge.

His retrial is anticipated to start on Tuesday when a fresh jury has been chosen.

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His most recent trial, which concluded in January, resulted in no judgments from the jury on the two accusations involving two distinct women.

After a six-month trial, the panel of seven men and four women exonerated the defense attorney of six further charges of rape and one charge of sexual assault against four women.

The two counts on which the jury was unable to reach a verdict were given a new trial date by the judge in January, which was set for Monday.

Mendy has refuted all of the accusations leveled against him. His contract with Manchester City expires at the end of this month, and it is apparently not going to be renewed.

In court in January, Mendy covered his face with both hands as the not-guilty verdicts were announced, slowly rocking back and forth.

One of his attorneys, Jenny Wiltshire, stated at the time that the football player was “delighted” to have been cleared of the majority of the allegations he faced.

She continued at the time by saying he was looking forward to “clearing his name in relation to the other two charges so he can start rebuilding his life”.