Real Madrid's Benzema 'has admitted' involvement in sex tape blackmail: source

The Frenchmen was arrested yesterday by Police in Paris

PARIS: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has admitted involvement in an alleged extortion case over a sex tape featuring fellow French international Mathieu Valbuena but said he himself was a victim of blackmailers, a source said Thursday.

French footballer Benzema held over sextape blackmail: legal source

"Karim Benzema has admitted speaking to Valbuena at the request of a childhood friend, who was approached by three blackmailers who were in possession of the sex tape," the source close to the investigation said.