Case of the sextape: the trial opened in Versailles, in the absence of Karim Benzema

The trial of the "sextape affair" opened Wednesday morning before a court in Versailles, near Paris, in the absence of Karim Benzema, tried for complicity in an attempted blackmail alongside four other defendants.

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The star striker of the France team, who played Tuesday night in Ukraine with his club Real Madrid in the Champions League, was not present at the start of the hearing, unlike the complainant, his former teammate in selection Mathieu Valbuena, noted an AFP journalist.