French footballer Karim Benzema has been put under formal examination regarding a sex tape shakedown plot including another player.



The Real Madrid striker showed up in the witness of a judge in Versailles subsequent to being held in guardianship overnight.

His legal advisor says he played "no part" in a charged endeavor to coerce cash from kindred French universal Mathieu Valbuena.

The two men apparently had a trade amid an instructional meeting.

As indicated by French media, Mr Benzema said the tape to the midfielder amid a national group instructional meeting at Clairefontaine in right on time October.

A source near request, cited by told AFP news organization, said the 27-year-old star told examiners on Thursday he had drawn nearer Mr Valbuena about the tape in the interest of "a youth companion".

France mentor Didier Deschamps let both players well enough alone for his squad chose on Thursday for matches against Germany and England later in November.

'Nothing to cover up'

The prosecutor's office prior affirmed that Mr Benzema was currently under formal examination for complicity in endeavored extortion and cooperation in a criminal connivance.

At the point when a suspect is put under formal examination, he or she is then inspected by a judge, who figures out if there is adequate proof for the suspect to be charged.

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