Karim Benzema Case: Latest on Alleged Sex-Tape Blackmail of Valbuena

Mathieu Valbuena comes out on the case sextape that has gone around the world: the Lyon player was blackmailed so that a video shot with his partner was not made public .

Referring to Benzema: “He was not aggressive in his manner of talking, he did not talk about money concretely, directly. But when someone insists that I meet someone … hmmmm,” Valbuena told Le Monde, per AFP (h/t the Malaysian Insider).

“I have never met anyone who is going to destroy a video for free just because they love me! You shouldn’t treat people like idiots.

“I am very very very disappointed and I can only note that my relations with Karim were not as sincere as he makes out.”

Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema was charged on Nov. 5 as part of an investigation into the alleged blackmail of international team-mate.

Investigators are trying to establish whether a conversation that took place between Benzema and Valbuena “was simply friendly advice or part of the plot,” per L’Equipe on Nov. 4 (via Kim Willsher in the Guardian).

Valbuena: «Il sextape e Benzema, ora parlo io»

“Ora parlo io”. Mathieu Valbuena esce allo scoperto sul caso sextape che ha fatto il giro del mondo: il giocatore del Lione è stato ricattato affinché non fosse divulgato un video a luci rosse girato con la compagna e Karim Benzema, fermato anche dalla polizia, ha confessato di aver fatto da intermediatore. “Non farei una cosa del genere nemmeno al mio peggior nemico”, ha detto Valbuena a Le Monde. “Nel suo modo di parlare non è stato aggressivo, non ha parlato in modo esplicito di soldi ma quando tu insisti per farmi incontrare qualcuno… Non ho mai visto qualcuno che fa distruggere un video gratis solo perché ti adora. Bisogna evitare di trattare da idioti la gente”.