December 09, 2019
All I was doing was trying to help
The lawyer also used the Le Parisien to hit out at the French prime minister’s
comments over his clients potential exclusion from the France squad asking: "Is
this a prime minister’s words or those of a Barcelona fan talking about a Real
Madrid footballer.The scandal is a serious distraction to France before they
host Euro 2016 next year — Benzema has been banned from meeting Valbuena and
neither was called up for France’s games against Germany and England
recently.Four men, including a friend of Benzema, Karim Zenati, have been
charged and detained over the blackmail using the stolen sex-tape.â€. "I’m mad
with myself for having talked that way on the phone, we went too far,†Benzema
said of comments that appeared to mock Valbuena.
The victim of the affair,
Valbuena, in his first public comments told Le Monde last week he was "very,
very, very disappointed†by Benzema.The former Lyon star says he had no need of
money nor did one of the accused, Karim Zenati, as he was employed in one of
Benzema’s companies.The pre-recorded interview comes in the wake of comments
from French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday saying only players with
exemplary records should represent France at Euro 2016. China wholesale hot water tap electric faucet
Real Madrid's Karim Benzema -AP Karim Benzema says his go-between role in the
Mathieu Valbuena sextape blackmail case has been misunderstood as the Real
Madrid striker prepares to explain himself on French TV on Wednesday.
There’s
nothing to any of it, no blackmail or demands for money,†Benzema told a judge
in early November, according to a Le Monde article published on
Wednesday.Benzema’s lawyer Alain Jakubowicz told Wednesday’s Le Parisien daily
newspaper that the player would use Wednesday’s tv interview to apologise to
Valbuena for those unfriendly remarks.In sporting terms Benzema is seen as
France’s top striker, but Les Blues have a wealth of other attacking options and
a record of leaving trouble-makers out of squads for international
tournaments.Karim Benzema says his go-between role in the Mathieu Valbuena
sextape blackmail case has been misunderstood as the Real Madrid striker
prepares to explain himself on French TV on Wednesday."It’s all a huge
misunderstanding.
All I was doing was trying to help.A police telephone tap
however on Benzema and his calls to Zenati cast doubts on their attitude.
Benzema is alleged to have approached Valbuena about the images at a France
national training camp on October 5.The blackmail case began in June, when
Valbuena lodged a complaint with police after being telephoned by a man who said
he had the sex tape
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