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The Real Madrid striker has been cleared of an alleged blackmail to extort money from his for France teammate over a sex tape.
The Court of Cassation annulled on Tuesday the decision of the Court of Appeal of Versailles which had validated in December the investigation of Karim Benzema in the case of the attempt of blackmail against Mathieu Valbuena.
Benzema was found guilty of an alleged attempt by one of his friends to extort money from a fellow international, Mathieu Valbuena, over a sex tape. Benzema told investigators he approached Valbuena about the tape on behalf of “a childhood friend” but claims he did not think he was doing anything wrong.
The evidence trail police picked up on directly led them to Benzema, the most damning bits being the phone transcripts between Benzema and one of the blackmailers who is also his best friend.
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His lawyer, however had insisted he was not party to any blackmail attempt. “He played no part, I repeat no part, in any blackmail or attempted blackmail,”