Benzema to face trial over intercourse tape
Karim Benzema will face trial for his alleged involvement in an tried blackmail case linked to a intercourse tape that includes a former France team-mate.
Real Madrid ahead Benzema is accused of paying people to extort cash from Mathieu Valbuena by threatening to make the video public in 2015.
The 33-year-old French striker argues {that a} police officer used dishonest strategies to attract him into the affair.
He has not performed for his nation because it got here to gentle.
French prosecutors introduced Benzema would face trial on Thursday, reported the AFP News Agency.
AFP additionally quoted Benzema’s lawyer, Sylvain Cormier, as saying he was not shocked the matter was going to trial, however that the choice was “as absurd as it was predictable”.
Benzema has scored 261 objectives for Real since becoming a member of the Spanish aspect in 2009.
He and Valbuena had been worldwide team-mates on the time of the affair and had been within the France squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Valbuena, 36, was enjoying for Lyon on the time however is now with Greek aspect Olympiakos.
