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The so-called sextape case was tried on Wednesday, November 24, but it is far from over. Six years after the events, footballer Karim Benzema was sentenced to a one-year suspended prison sentence for complicity in an attempt to blackmail his teammate Mathieu Valbuena. The star of the France team has appealed.
Karim Benzema was complicit in an attempt to blackmail Mathieu Valbuena, the judges of Versailles estimated Wednesday, November 24. The football striker was sentenced to one year’s suspended prison sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros. An unfair decision according to his lawyers who consider the judgment contradictory. “It is a very severe, unfair and without proof sentence. We are quite flabbergasted “, said Master Sylvain Comier.
But for the judges of the criminal court, Karim Benzema is personally involved in this affair and used subterfuge and lies to convince Mathieu Valbuena to submit to blackmail. “The last few years have been trying and he has suffered irreparable sports injuries, we are satisfied that his quality of victim has been recognized”, has indicated Master Didier Domat, Mathieu’s lawyer Valbuena, who had lost his place in the France team as a result of this affair. If Karim Benzema appealed, this conviction should not jeopardize his sports career. The French striker is considered a centerpiece of the Blues, just one year away from the 2022 World Cup, which will take place in Qatar.