French prosecutors want Benzema to face trial

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Real Madrid star footballer Karim Benzema. - AFP file
Real Madrid star footballer Karim Benzema. - AFP file

Versailles - They want the Real Madrid star tried on charges of complicity in an alleged attempt to blackmail fellow player Mathieu Valbuena

By AFP

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Published: Thu 2 Jul 2020, 8:10 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Jul 2020, 10:16 PM

French prosecutors on Thursday asked for national team and Real Madrid star footballer Karim Benzema to face trial for complicity in an alleged attempt to blackmail fellow player Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape.

Prosecutors in Versailles outside Paris told AFP they want Benzema tried on charges of complicity in attempted blackmail over the incident in 2015. Four others should also face trial, they said, but not former Liverpool and French international Djibril Cisse who had previously been implicated in the probe.


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