Karim Benzema to face trial in ‘sex tape’ case

Real Madrid ahead Karim Benzema will face trial for his alleged involvement in blackmailing former France teammate Matthieu Valbuena in a “sex tape” scandal, the Versailles prosecutor’s workplace stated Thursday. Benzema is suspected of getting pressured his former nationwide workforce teammate to pay blackmailers who threatened to disclose an intimate video through which Valbuena featured. He will stand trial on the cost of conspiracy to try blackmail, the prosecutor’s workplace stated in a message to The Associated Press. A date for the trial has but to be set.The 33-year-old Benzema, essentially the most proficient French ahead of his technology, has been banned from the nationwide workforce since November 2015 due to his suspected involvement within the scandal, regardless of constant showings with Real Madrid.The investigators who charged Benzema consider he was approached by a childhood pal that 12 months to behave as an middleman and persuade Valbuena to deal immediately with the blackmailers. Instead, Valbuena knowledgeable the police.Four different folks will even stand trial within the case. Benzema denies any wrongdoing.When the story broke, Benzema confronted a deluge of criticism and then-Prime Minister Manuel Valls stated the previous Lyon participant had “no place” within the nationwide workforce. Former French President Francois Hollande was quoted as saying in a ebook that Benzema was not an instance of morality.Benzema, who’s of Algerian descent, had a great relationship with France coach Didier Deschamps. But he accused Deschamps of giving in to stress from racists when the coach determined to not embody him within the squad for the 2016 European Championship.Benzema has scored 27 worldwide objectives in 81 appearances with France.