Benzeman is suspected of assisting the blackmailers.
ReaL MADRIDIN striker Karim Benzema is on Wednesday in a court hearing in France accused of blackmail on sex video, reports the news agency AFP.
This is an event in the fall of 2015 in which Benzema and four other men are suspected of blackmailing Benzema’s then national teammate. Mathieu Valbuenaa.
Benzemaa, 33, is accused of assisting blackmailers in demanding money from Valbuena to prevent the video from being released. Benzema himself has said he sought to warn Valbuena so he would not come into contact with dangerous criminals. In addition, Benzema has criticized the police for using dishonest means against him.
The maximum penalty for extortion is five years in prison and fines of 700,000 euros.
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Case as a result, both Benzema and Valbuena were shelved from the French national team, but Benzema made a comeback in last summer’s European Championship finals.
On Monday, it was still uncertain whether Benzema would arrive at the trial on Wednesday. His team Real Madrid will play in the Champions League match against Shah’tar Donetsk in Ukraine on Tuesday. Benzema’s lawyers did not respond to an AFP inquiry on Monday.
Instead, Valbuena, who currently plays for the Olympiakos team in Greece, has confirmed that he will attend the court hearing.
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