{"id":164647,"date":"2021-11-24T09:06:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T10:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=164647"},"modified":"2021-11-24T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T16:04:00","slug":"madrid-star-sentenced-over-bizarre-sex-tape-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=164647","title":{"rendered":"Madrid star sentenced over bizarre sex tape case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/karim-benzema\" title=\"France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema<\/a> was given a 1-year suspended jail sentence and 75,000 euros (A$116,500) fine Wednesday in a sex tape case that rocked French soccer.<\/p>\n<p>Benzema was found guilty of being involved in an attempt in 2015 to blackmail France teammate Mathieu Valbuena.<\/p>\n<p>The Versailles court decision is unlikely to affect Benzema\u2019s immediate sporting future. The forward is regarded as one of the favorites to win the Ballon d\u2019Or award on Nov. 29 in Paris following an impressive season with Madrid. <\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/tim-paine-sexting-scandal-george-bailey-should-stand-down-ahead-of-ashes-says-tony-jones\/8ee3c684-0ad5-41e2-984b-c4f6f73d815a\"><strong>Bailey should stand down after failing Paine test, says Tony Jones<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>French federation president Noel Le Great has already said Benzema would be allowed to keep playing with France even if found guilty.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"7eca5655-7d8a-4889-9569-b5bb162f6300\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7eca5655-7d8a-4889-9569-b5bb162f6300\" alt=\"Karim Benzema Mathieu Valbuena\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Benzema&#x27;s lawyers said he will appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Benzema, who denied wrongdoing, didn\u2019t attend the trial in Versailles last month and was absent for the verdict. <\/p>\n<p>The four other defendants were also found guilty and did not appear at the court Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a 1-year suspended jail sentence and 75,000 euros (A$116,500) fine Wednesday in a sex tape case <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=164647\" title=\"Madrid star sentenced over bizarre sex tape case\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164649,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164647\/revisions\/164649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}