Sex tape scandal: Valbuena reveals Benzema asked him for money ‘indirectly’

Mathieu Valbuena has spoken out for the first time about the sex tape scandal, involving him and his France team-mate, Karim Benzema.
He claims that the Real Madrid man “indirectly” asked him to pay a ransom to retrieve a video of him and his girlfriend.
Benzema has already been charged with complicity to blackmail Valbuena, but his lawyer insists he is innocent.

When Le Monde newspaper asked Valbuena whether Benzema had urged him to meet the blackmailers, he replied: “Incite, that means ‘you will have to pay’ indirectly.
“He was not aggressive in his manner of talking, he did not talk about money concretely, directly. But when someone insists that I meet someone … hmmmm.
“I have never met anyone who is going to destroy a video for free just because they love me! You shouldn’t treat people like idiots,” Valbuena said.
“I am very very very disappointed and I can only note that my relations with Karim were not as sincere as he makes out.”