The French international Karim Benzema is sent back to correctional in the case of the blackmail with the sextape of Mathieu Valbuena in 2015 for "attempt of blackmail", announced Thursday, January 7, the parquet floor of Versailles to AFP.
The Real Madrid striker is suspected of having incited his ex-teammate in the France team 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.
Footballer Mathieu Valbuena lodged a complaint in June 2015 considering himself the victim of an attempted blackmail, after receiving a call informing him of the existence of a sextape in which he appeared.
Karim Benzema, indicted for "complicity in attempted blackmail" on his former teammate in the France team, contested the investigative methods of a police officer who had intervened undercover in this case.
With AFP
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