The Zahia Scandal: A Turning Point in the Life of Zahia Dehar

Thirteen years ago, in the spring of 2010, the Zahia scandal shook French football. At the dawn of the World Cup in South Africa, internationals Karim Benzema, Franck Ribéry and Sidney Govou saw their names associated with a prostitution case (they have since been acquitted) and with Zahia Dehar, ex-young escort girl, minor at the time of the facts. Now aged 31, the actress spoke in a podcast about The Team on this episode which will definitely have marked a turning point in his life.

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«My name came out in the press against my will, for me it was the end of my life. I even thought about killing myselfrewinds the 31-year-old woman. We know very well: this label is the worst that a woman can wear in society. And starting my adult life with that label, being known by everyone as ‘that kind of woman’, was very hard. I wondered what I would be able to do with my life. When I went to look for work, I said to myself: ‘People are going to laugh at me, I’m going to be rejected, I’m going to experience discrimination based on this label.’ For me, I had been killed.»

Pub. 11/15/2023 8:21 p.m. Updated 11/15/2023 8:44 p.m.

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