Prosecutor requests suspended jail term for Real's Benzema-media reports

  • 📰 ChannelNewsAsia
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 7 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 6%
  • Publisher: 66%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

PARIS : French prosecutors have recommended that Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema be handed a 10-month suspended jail term for complicity in the attempted blackmail of his former France international team mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape, AFP news agency and BFM television reported on Thursday.Prose

cutors allege that Benzema, who has denied wrongdoing, encouraged Valbuena to pay a suspected group of blackmailers in order to keep the sexually explicit tape out of the public eye.Benzema, who has played 92 times for his country and was recalled to the France squad for this year's European Championship, scored in Real's 5-0 Champions League group stage win over Shakhtar Donetsk in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Benzema and Valbuena lost their places in the national team in the wake of the scandal, dubbed the"sex tape affair".

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Real Madrid's Benzema faces trial over sex tape affairPARIS : Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema goes on trial in France on Wednesday charged with complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international team mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape.Investigators allege that Benzema encouraged Valbuena to pay a group of alleged blackmailers in order to keep
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Real estate agent charged with not reporting suspicious transaction for Upper Serangoon condo unitSINGAPORE — A 42-year-old real estate agent was charged on Wednesday (Oct 20) with failing to lodge a suspicious transaction report over the purchase of an S$886,000 condominium unit in Upper Serangoon five years ago.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

Real Madrid's Benzema faces trial over sex tape affairPARIS : Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema goes on trial in France on Wednesday charged with complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international team mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape.Investigators allege that Benzema encouraged Valbuena to pay a group of alleged blackmailers in order to keep
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Prosecutors appeal after 'Hotel Rwanda' hero jailedKIGALI: Rwandan prosecutors said on Wednesday (Oct 20) they have filed an appeal against a court ruling that sentenced \u0022Hotel Rwanda\u0022 hero Paul Rusesabagina to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges. The National Public Prosecution Authority is appealing the judgements against Rusesabagina, a staunch
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

Real estate agent charged with not reporting suspicious transaction for Upper Serangoon condo unitSINGAPORE — A 42-year-old real estate agent was charged on Wednesday (Oct 20) with failing to lodge a suspicious transaction report over the purchase of an S$886,000 condominium unit in Upper Serangoon five years ago.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »