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Real Madrid thrashed Shakhtar Donetsk 5-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday as Karim Benzema scored on the eve of his trial in France on charges of complicity in blackmail. His lawyer put his absence down to professional reasons.

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French striker Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended prison sentence and approximately 84000 fine for his role in the attempted blackmail of a former teammate over a sex tape a court.

. Karim Benzema 33 has since returned to the France team and scored in Real Madrids victory in Kyiv on Tuesday in the Uefa Champions League. Benzema was found guilty of being involved in an attempt in 2015 to blackmail France teammate Mathieu Valbuena. The striker was accused of complicity in an attempt to blackmail fellow footballer Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape found on his phone.

France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a 1-year suspended jail sentence and 75000 euros 84000 fine Wednesday in a sex tape case that rocked French football. Karim Benzema would go on trial back in October of this year. Soccer star Karim Benzema has been handed a one-year suspended prison sentence and fined 75000 euros 84000 over his involvement in the attempted blackmail against former French national.

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