Europe 1 with AFP 5:04 p.m., October 21, 2021, modified at 5:06 p.m., October 21, 2021

The Versailles criminal court requested 10 months suspended prison sentence, and a 75,000 euros fine, against Karim Benzema for "complicity in attempted blackmail" in the so-called sextape affair. 

The prosecution requested Thursday in Versailles ten months suspended sentence and a 75,000 euros fine against Karim Benzema, accused of complicity in attempted blackmail in the "sextape affair" whose alleged victim is his former teammate in the team of France, Mathieu Valbuena.

Against the four other defendants, prosecuted in this case for attempted blackmail, the public prosecutor requested sentences ranging from 18 months in prison suspended to four years in prison.

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