Blackmail with sextape: Karim Benzema referred to the criminal court

The Versailles prosecutor’s office announced that the French striker of Real Madrid Karim Benzema is sent to correctional in the case of blackmail with the sextape of Mathieu Valbuena in 2015 for “attempted blackmail”. The French international is suspected of having prompted the Olympiakos midfielder and ex-teammate in the France team to pay blackmailers who threatened to unveil an intimate video featuring him. Four other men are also referred in this case for attempted blackmail and one of them for breach of trust as well.