Benzema, 33, stands accused of helping a group of alleged blackmailers to approach Valbuena in an attempt to extort money. Four other men are also on trial.
Angot, now on trial for breach of trust, came across sexually explicit footage on the phone involving Valbuena. The blackmailers then went to former French international Djibril Cisse, who refused to act as their messenger, instead of warning Valbuena of what was brewing. Eventually, the presumed blackmailers went to one of Benzema’s old friends, Karim Zenati, who prosecutors say enlisted Benzema’s help to reach Valbuena.On Oct 6, 2015, Benzema went to see Valbuena in his room at the French national team’s training centre at Clairefontaine, west of Paris.
Benzema then called his childhood friend Karim Zenati, who was by then acting as an intermediary for the alleged blackmailers, and told him in a conversation wiretapped by police: “He’s not taking us seriously.”Valbuena said later that the conversation left him with the feeling that he was “being played for a fool”.
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