Recalled to everyone's surprise in the French team by Didier Deschamps to participate in the European Championship (June 11-July 11), Karim Benzema had been excluded from the French selection because of his alleged involvement in the so-called sextape affair .
Blackmail messages received by his former teammate in blue Mathieu Valbuena in the spring of 2015 at the trial scheduled for next fall, return to the key dates of a judicial soap opera that shook French football.
Beginning of June 2015
While he is with the France team in Clairefontaine to prepare two friendlies against Belgium and Albania, Mathieu Valbuena receives several phone calls from people claiming to have a video of him in the middle of the debate with his companion.
Against the non-dissemination of images, the blackmailers demand a sum of 100,000 euros.
In the process, Valbuena decides to file a complaint and the Versailles tribunal de grande instance opens a judicial investigation
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 92% left to discover.
Subscribe: 1 € the first month
Can be canceled at any time
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Log in