Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has criticised Mathieu Valbuena, saying the Lyon player fabricated claims surrounding the information of an ongoing sex-tape scandal. Benzema has been left out of the ...

France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros ($84,000) Wednesday in a sex-tape case that rocked French soccer and put the ...

Karim Benzema has dropped the appeal against his one-year suspended prison sentence, and €75,000 fine, after being found guilty of blackmailing his former France international team-mate Mathieu ...

Benzema is one of five people on trial over the 2015 extortion attempt, which led to him being dropped from the national team for five-and-a-half years. He has denied the allegations, saying he tried ...

The French striker denies wrongdoing regarding a case that has been brought to trial six years after the alleged incident occurred Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is standing trial in absentia for ...

It all started with a broken cell phone. In 2014, French footballer Mathieu Valbuena was looking to get some data off his old phone when his life changed forever and he fell into a blackmail plot.

Oct. 20 (UPI) --French soccer star Karim Benzema went on trial Wednesday to face charges that he was involved in an attempt to blackmail a former teammate with a sex tape several years ago, only he ...

VERSAILLES, France (AP) — France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros ($84,000) Wednesday in a sex-tape case that rocked French ...

Karim Benzema must wait until November 24 to discover whether or not he faces conviction in his blackmail trial. Prosecutors have called for the Real Madrid striker to be punished with a 10-month ...

France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema, who in 2015 tried to blackmail a teammate with a sex tape, received a 1-year suspended jail sentence Wednesday for the scandal. Benzema, 33, was also ...

VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The trial of French soccer player Karim Benzema and four others began Wednesday outside Paris, without the Real Madrid forward in attendance. Benzema, who played for Madrid ...

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended prison sentence Wednesday for his role in the blackmailing of former France international teammate Mathieu Valbuena. Per ESPN's Alex ...