The prosecution requested, Thursday, July 2, a trial for the real Madrid star attacker, Karim Benzema, in the case of the sextape of Mathieu Valbuena.

The footballer is suspected of having incited his ex-teammate in the France team to pay blackmailers who threatened to reveal an intimate video depicting him. The prosecution also asked for a trial for four other men involved in the football community, but he requested a dismissal for Djibril Cisse, also indicted for complicity.

The footballer Mathieu Valbuena had complained in June 2015 considering himself the victim of an attempt at blackmail after having received a call informing him of the existence of a sextape in which he appeared.

Karim Benzema, indicted for "complicity in attempted blackmail" over his former team-mate in the France team, challenged the methods of investigation of a police officer who had intervened undercover in this case.

With AFP

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