VERSAILLES, France: French footballer Karim Benzema was arrested Wednesday in connection with blackmail over a sex tape featuring fellow player Mathieu Valbuena, a source close to the probe told AFP.
The Real Madrid and France star arrived at the police station in Versailles, near Paris, early on Wednesday and was placed in detention, the local prosecutor confirmed, without giving further information.
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