Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema has been arrested by French police in relation to the alleged plot to blackmail Lyon playmaker Mathieu Valbuena, according to reports from Agence France-Presse.
Benzema is believed to have visited a judicial police office prior to his arrest in relation to the case that was opened by the French authorities in July.
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The case is reported to centre around an alleged extortion attempt regarding a sex tape involving France international Valbuena.
Part of the investigations around the case also saw former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse taken into custody and later released in October.
A statement released by a prosecutor last month read: “Djibril Cisse was taken into custody (…) in connection with a judicial investigation opened in the district court of Versailles on July 31 2015.”
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