Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema will stand trial after being charged by prosecutors with being complicit in a conspiracy to blackmail his former France team mate Matthieu Valbuena in a case linked to a sex tape.
Investigators alleged that Benzema, who has not played for Les Bleus since October, 2015, encouraged Valbuena to pay blackmailers in order that the tape would not be made public.
Benzema has denied wrongdoing and a trial date has not yet been set.
Benzema, 33, has scored 261 goals in 533 games with Real Madrid and found the net 27 times in 81 games for France.
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Reuters/RNZ Pacific