Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema will face trial for his alleged involvement in blackmailing former France teammate Matthieu Valbuena in a sex tape scandal
Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema will face trial for his alleged involvement in blackmailing former France teammate Matthieu Valbuena in a sex tape scandal
8 January 2021
Benzema is alleged to have pressured Valbuena to pay blackmailers who threatened to reveal an intimate video in which he featured.
He'll stand trial on the charge of conspiracy to attempt blackmail.
Benzema has been banned from the national team since November 2015 because of his suspected involvement in the scandal, despite consistently scoring goals at Real.
The investigators who charged Benzema believe he was approached by a childhood friend that year to act as an intermediary and convince Valbuena to deal directly with the blackmailers.
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