Real Madrid star Karim Benzema gets 1-year suspended jail term in sex-tape trial

Karim Benzema was found guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of a former international teammate over a sex tape on Wednesday and sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term.

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been handed a one-year suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of blackmailing his former France international teammate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape.

The Versailles court also fined him 75,000 euros ($84,170) and ordered him to pay Valbuena 80,000 euros to cover legal costs and 150,000 euros in damages together with his three other co-accused.