Benzema was found guilty of being involved in an attempt in 2015 to blackmail France teammate Mathieu Valbuena. In addition to the fine, Benzema was ordered to pay Valbuena 80,000 euros in damages.Benzema was charged with complicity in the blackmail attempt over a sex tape thought to have been stolen from Valbuena's mobile phone.
Benzema, who denied wrongdoing, didn't attend the trial in Versailles last month and was absent for the verdict. The four other defendants were also found guilty on charges of attempted blackmail and did not appear at the court Wednesday. The court gave a jail sentence of two years and six months to Mustapha Zouaoui, saying he masterminded the plot. Axel Angot, who first got hold of the sex tape in 2014, was handed two years in jail. Another of the convicted blackmailers, Younes Houass, received an 18-month suspended jail sentence and Benzema's longtime friend, Karim Zenati, was jailed for 15 months.After preliminary charges in November 2015, Benzema was dropped from France's national team by coach Didier Deschamps.
Although Benzema"never spoke to me about money,'' Valbuena said he understood that he would have to pay for the friend's assistance.
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