Karim Benzema found guilty in sex tape blackmail case, handed suspended prison sentence and €75,000 fine
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ByEurosport
Updated 24/11/2021 at 09:48 GMT
Karim Benzema has been handed a one-year suspended sentence and fined 75,000 Euros after he was found guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of Mathieu Valbuena. The Real Madrid forward has always denied any wrongdoing but prosecutors argued he had encouraged former France international team-mate Valbuena to pay some blackmailers in order to keep a sexually explicit tape private.
Karim Benzema has been found guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international team mate Mathieu Valbuena
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A court in France has found Karim Benzema guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of Mathieu Valbuena. He has been given a one-year suspended sentence and fined €75,000.
Benzema had denied any wrongdoing after prosecutors said he had encouraged former France international team-mate Valbuena to pay some blackmailers in order to keep a sexually explicit tape private.
Benzema, who did not attend the trial last month and was absent for the verdict, will appeal the conviction.
"This outcome in no way corresponds with the reality of events," lawyer Antoine Vey said afterwards.
The four other defendants on trial were handed sentences of between 18 months suspended to two-and-a-half years in prison by a court in Versailles.
The case dates back to June 2015.
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