At around 9:30 am, Karim Benzema will find out what justice has in store for him.
The Versailles criminal court must say this Wednesday whether the star of the French football team is guilty or not of complicity in an attempt to blackmail his former teammate Mathieu Valbuena.
The Real Madrid striker, who did not attend the three-day trial last month due to his club's sports agenda, according to his lawyers, will also not be present during the reading of the deliberation: his club plays in the evening a match of the Champions League on the lawn of Sheriff Tiraspol, in Moldova.
A duty to set an example according to the judges
For his alleged involvement in the "sextape affair", an intimate video blackmail against footballer Mathieu Valbuena in 2015, the public prosecutor requested against him 10 months in prison and 75,000 euros in fine.
During the indictment, the prosecutors had recalled the duty of exemplarity of the French star, "bearer of an image, hope, notoriety and moral values".
Besides Benzema, four other men were tried in this case.
The prosecution asked for 18 months in prison and a fine of 15,000 euros against Axel Angot, to whom Valbuena had entrusted his phone.
The accused found the video there and kept it for later use.
Four years in prison and a fine of 15,000 euros were required against his partner Mustapha Zouaoui, considered the "umbilical cord" of this case.
Against a first intermediary, Younes Houass, who came into telephone contact with Valbuena to talk to him about the sextape, 18 months in prison and 5,000 euros in fines were required.
Finally, the prosecution asked for two years in prison and a fine of 5,000 euros against Karim Zenati, childhood friend of Benzema, who brought the latter into the dance.
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