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A French court on Wednesday gave Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema a one-year suspension sentence for complicity in a bid to extort his previous France colleague Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape.
The sentence was tough than that looked for by investigators against the 33-year-old player over the 2015 blackmail endeavor, which drove Benzema to be projected out of the France group for five-and-a-half years.
Benzema was not in court in the Paris suburb of Versailles for the decision, which comes hours before Real Madrid take on Sheriff Tiraspol in a Champions League game in Moldova.
His defense group promptly declared plans for an allure.
Addressing columnists at the town hall, one of his attorneys, Sylvain Cormier, said he was “very paralyzed by the decision”.
The indictment had called for Benzema, who was one of five individuals charged over an undertaking that shook the French public group, to be allowed a 10-month suspended sentence.
Benzema didn’t go to his preliminary last month, referring to proficient responsibilities.
The decision isn’t relied upon to harm his vocation, with French football alliance president Noel Le Graet saying he could keep his place in Les Bleus regardless of whether sentenced and Real Madrid likewise staying steady of their headliner.
In any case, Benzema’s conviction regardless cast a pall over his staggering rebound to the public group recently following a years-in length absense.
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