Written by Randy Capps at Bloguin
Real Madrid forward and French international Karim Benzema was arrested today in connection with a plot to blackmail fellow French international and Lyon player, Mathieu Valbuena, according to multiple reports.
Benzema, 27, was called to the police station in Versailles early this morning, but the public prosecutor’s office would only confirm that he was being held for questioning.
According to The Guardian, the case involves an alleged attempt to blackmail Valbuena with what the French news agency AFP reports is a sex tape recorded on a mobile phone.
L’Equipe said investigators wanted to know whether a conversation between Benzema and Valbuena during the international break earlier this month was friendly advice or part of the plot.
Retired footballer Djibril Cissé was interviewed in connection with the case recently, but was released and cleared of any wrongdoing.
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