BENZEMA/OTHERs Investigated for SEX Tape/Blackmail Scandal
Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena Left Out of 23-Man France Squad following Sex Tape Scandal..
>>> But Hatem Ben Arfa Returns
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...6633337053.jpg Striker Karim Benzema (pictured right) is being questioned by police over his role in an alleged blackmail plot Quote:
The decision comes hours after a French judge formally charged Real Madrid striker Benzema with complicity to blackmail former team-mate Valbuena. France coach Didier Deschamps refused to comment on the legal case but said Benzema would have missed the games against Germany and England regardless because of injury. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...6735627598.jpg Hatem Ben Arfa has been called into the 23-man France squad for their upcoming November friendlies http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...6735965855.jpg Ben Arfa (middle) has been in sensational form for Nice this season having already scored seven goals http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...6732912404.jpg Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema leaves the court house in Versailles, near Paris, after being charged But Deschamps did confirm Valbuena was not in the right frame of mind to feature in either game, adding: ‘He (Valbuena) isn’t in the best psychological condition because of this affair. ‘So I decided to let him rest during these games. The best is to let justice do its work and take the decisions it has to.’ Valbuena’s withdrawal paves the way for former Newcastle tearaway Ben Arfa to return to the international set-up – with Deschamps naming him in his 23-man squad. Ben Arfa failed to live up to his billing in the Premier League and, via a loan spell with Hull, made the move to Ligue 1 side Nice. The Frenchman’s form has picked up this season and he has already bagged seven goals in 13 matches to help Nice up to eighth place in the division. Anthony Martial, Andre-Pierre Gignac and Olivier Giroud are likely to fight it out in attack for France in Benzema’s absence. Benzema was arrested by judicial police in Versailles, west of Paris, on Wednesday in connection with the case, but a source claims the former Arsenal target insists he is also a victim of the blackmailers. The Versailles prosecutor has placed Benzema under formal criminal investigation, with a source close to the case saying: ‘We can confirm that he is being questioned over his role in this affair.’ Benzema is linked with a plot to extort money from Valbuena. Other arrests have been made in the Bouches-du-Rhone and Oise departments of France. Quote:
Investigators are trying determine the extent to which Benzema was aware of the intimate video featuring Valbuena, which found its way into the hands of blackmailers. According to a source, Benzema mentioned the sex tape to Valbuena during a meeting of the French team in early October. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...6673933300.jpg Benzema's lawyer Sylvain Cormier answers questions from the media outside the police station in Versaille It is thought one of Benzema’s relatives was contacted by the suspected blackmailers with a view to involving the footballer in their scheme, the source said. Police are seeking to determine whether he was teasing Valbuena when he mentioned the tape, or trying to make him pay the blackmailers. Last month, Djibril Cisse, the former Liverpool, Sunderland, and Queens Park Rangers striker was arrested over the same plot, but later released without charge. Quote:
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