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Did Karim Benzema attempt to blackmail his teammate in France team Mathieu Valbuena about a sextape? The Real Madrid striker is absent from the trial, which began Wednesday, October 20 in the Yvelines.
Wednesday, October 20 in Versailles (Yvelines), Karim Benzema’s lawyers arrived alone. The star of Real Madrid and the Blues will not come to his trial. Mathieu Valbuena deplores the absence of his former teammate at the hearing during which he hoped for a confrontation: “Today, we’ve had this case for six years. I see that Karim is missing. It’s a shame, but that’s how it is. We go to the end “.
The trial will determine whether Karim Benzema participated in a blackmail attempt by using a sexually-oriented video of Mathieu Valbuena to blackmail him. The latter is convinced of this and told at the stand that it was never explicitly about money, but there was a threat. Karim Benzema is being prosecuted with four other defendants, including the alleged mastermind of Operation Mustapha Zouaoui. “There was no request for money. It was basically a joke.“, he explains. The wiretaps seem to indicate an attempt at extortion according to the instruction. The trial takes place until Friday.