<!--Article Start--> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="document jq_ColDocument jq_ShareArea"> <div class="tooltipContent"> <div class="scrollContent jq_Content jq_langdir tinyscrollbar doctooltip-y fontsize_0"> <div class="viewport"> <div class="overview"> <h3><span title="Real Madrid">Real Madrid</span> striker <span title="Karim Benzema is a French international footballer.">Karim Benzema</span> was charged on Thursday in an extortion case involving a sex tape featuring fellow French international <span title="Mathieu Valbuena (born 28 September 1984) is a French international footballer.">Mathieu Valbuena</span>, the prosecutor's office said on Thursday.</h3> Benzema, 27, has been charged with "complicity in an attempt to blackmail" and conspiring to commit a criminal act, which is punishable by at least five years in prison, the prosecutor's office in <span title="Versailles">Versailles</span> outside <span title="Paris">Paris</span> said. </div> <h2>Benzema reportedly 'admitted' to blackmailing Valbuena over 'sex-tape'</h2> <div class="overview"> 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. "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. <strong>By AFP</strong> </div> </div> </div> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> . </table> <!--Article End-->