Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena in June 2015 in Villeneuve d’Ascq. – PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema quipped Thursday about “the masquerade” of the criminal trial coming up in the blackmail case targeting his teammate Mathieu Valbuena via a sextape, in a provocative message posted on Instagram.
“So when is the masquerade, huh?” “, He reacted on the social network, a few hours after the announcement of his referral to the criminal court of Versailles, on a date which has not yet been set. At the end of a long procedure, four other men are prosecuted for attempted blackmail and one of them also for breach of trust. “We are unfortunately not surprised. This is a decision as absurd as it is predictable, “responded Sylvain Cormier, Karim Benzema’s lawyer, denouncing” relentlessness “. Contacted, the Spanish club did not comment.
“Logical follow-up” for the lawyer of Valbuena This reference to the criminal court constitutes “ the logical continuation of the instruction , which perfectly established the participation of the various people ”, a esteemed the advice of Mathieu Valbuena, Me Paul-Albert Iweins. This is a new episode in a soap opera over five years old: in November 1303, the news of Karim Benzema’s police custody had the effect of a bomb.
The former star striker of the Blues, who has not appeared in the France team since the start of the case, is accused of ” blackmailing his teammate Mathieu Valbuena about a sexual video.