Dix months suspended against Benzema in the "sextape case"

For the public prosecutor, Karim Benzema is guilty: the prosecutor requested in Versailles 10 months of suspended prison against the Real Madrid star, accused of complicity in attempted blackmail on Mathieu Valbuena in the "sextape case". A fine of 75,000 euros was also requested against the striker of the France team, candidate for the Ballon d'Or and absent from the trial. The criminal court will deliver its judgment at the end of the trial, the same day, Friday. "Benzema is not a good Samaritan who came to help, he acted to allow the negotiators to achieve their ends and the blackmailers to receive money," said prosecutor Ségolène Marés during her closing argument, who pointed to the "authority and notoriety in the team of France" of the former striker of Olympique Lyonnais. "He includes himself in this team, he joins in this project" of attempted blackmail around an intimate video, she said.

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