Karim Benzema.

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The case of sextape blackmail will be the subject of a trial.

Karim Benzema is sent back to correctional in this case dating from 2015, announced Thursday the floor of Versailles.

The Real Madrid striker is suspected of having incited his former teammate in the France team, Mathieu Valbuena, then a player for Olympique Lyonnais, to pay blackmailers who threatened to unveil an intimate video featuring him.

Four other men are also referred in this case for attempted blackmail and one of them for breach of trust as well.

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Case of the sextape: the parquet of Versailles requests a trial for Karim Benzema

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