French footballer Karim Benzema guilty in sex tape extortion scandal
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#5S9MF)
Real Madrid star given suspended jail sentence and 75,000 fine for complicity in attempted blackmail
The French international footballer Karim Benzema has received a one-year suspended jail sentence and been fined 75,000 (63,000) for his involvement in a sex tape extortion scandal that shocked French sport.
A Versailles court on Wednesday found Benzema guilty of complicity in attempted blackmail against his French teammate Mathieu Valbuena over a video thought to have been stolen from Valbuena's mobile phone.
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