While he has just win the Champions League with his club Real Madrid Saturday, May 28, Karim Benzema finally sees the end of the long soap opera of the sextape affair which has lasted for six years and which has earned the famous French footballer a sidelining from the national team for a few years.
The sextape affair now ends this month. As a reminder, in November 2021, Karim Benzema was sentenced at first instance to a one-year suspended prison sentence and a 75,000 fine as well as a fine of 80,000 euros to be paid to his ex-teammate Mathieu Valbuena, also involved. in the case. Expected before the ninth chamber of the Versailles Court of Appeal on June 30 and July 1, Karim Benzema finally gave up appealing this Saturday June 4 according to The Team .
Sextape case: “a real weariness” for Karim Benzema
Questioned by the sports media this Saturday, June 4, the lawyer of Karim Benzema, Maître Hugues Viguier expressed the state of mind of his client. “My client is exhausted by this procedure. This withdrawal ratifies a decision of condemnation and apparently guilt. It is a legal truth. But this is not the reality. Karim Benzema will always claim his innocence in this case and he never wanted to participate in a blackmail operation against Mathieu Valbuena”. expressed Karim Benzema’s lawyer to The Team. He also mentioned to his client, “a deep sense of injustice” and also “a real weariness”.
Karim Benzema, who is undoubtedly one of the favorite contenders for the 2022 Ballon d’Or title, will finally be able to turn the page on the sextape and devote himself both to his Nations League matches with the French team and also to preparation for the World Cup which will take place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022. “The masquerade finally ends forever…”, he had already said in March 2021 before his return to the French team for Euro 2020.