Ten months with reprieve required against Benzema in the “sex tape case”

For the prosecution, Karim Benzema is guilty: the prosecution requested a 10-month suspended prison sentence in Versailles against the Real Madrid star, accused of aiding and abetting Mathieu Valbuena in the “sex tape affair”. A fine of 75,000 euros has also been requested against the French striker, a candidate for the Ballon d'Or and absent from the trial, and the criminal court will deliver its verdict at the end of the trial on the same day, Friday. “Benzema is not a good Samaritan who came to help, he acted to allow the negotiators to achieve their goals and the master-singers to receive money,” said the prosecutor Ségolène Marés during her indictment, who pointed out the “authority and reputation in the French team” of the former Olympique Lyonnais striker. “He is included in this team, he is participating in this project” of attempted blackmail around an intimate video, she added.

AT A GLANCE

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