Sex tape blackmail case: France’s Benzema allowed to play Euro 2016

France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is allowed to play in Euro 2016 after legal restrictions placed on him over his alleged involvement in a sex tape blackmail case were lifted.

France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is allowed to play in Euro 2016 after legal restrictions placed on him over his alleged involvement in a sex tape blackmail case were lifted on Friday, his lawyers said.

The judicial review of Karim Benzema, indicted in the sex-tape blackmailing affair against Mathieu Valbuena, was lifted by the Versailles Court of Appeal, opening the way to its come-back in the French national team for Euro 2016. (AFP File Photo)

An appeals court “upheld the decision of the investigating magistrate that allows Karim Benzema to come into contact with Mathieu Valbuena”, his international teammate who is featured in the sex tape, lawyer Olivier Combe said.