Real Madrid’s Mendy to stand trial after dog attacked teenager

Real Madrid defender Ferland Mendy will stand trial after one of his dogs allegedly attacked a teenager and two other dogs after escaping from his property, according to Spanish reports on Tuesday.

The private prosecution is asking for a six-month prison sentence to be issued for causing injury by gross negligence, as well as fines, a Madrid court said in a document dated January 7 and seen by AFP.

The public prosecutor’s office is requesting fines for a minor offence of causing injury.

Spanish media said the events took place in January 2023, after four dogs owned by Mendy escaped from his property in the affluent Madrid suburb of Alcobendas when the gate was left open after a vehicle entered.

The reports said one of the dogs bit another woman’s dog, which was injured and later needed to be euthanised, before a 17-year-old boy tried to intervene and was bitten himself, along with a relative’s dog that he was walking.

Left-back Mendy, 31, signed for Real Madrid in 2019 from French side Lyon but several injuries have disrupted his career.