Ribery and Benzema sex trial adjourned, says French court


FIFA Men's World Player of the Year 2013 nominee Franck Ribery of France addresses a news conference ahead of the FIFA Ballon d'Or soccer awards ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich January 13, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

PARIS (Reuters) - France forwards Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema will know whether they are cleared of soliciting an underage prostitute next Thursday after the Correctional Court of Paris adjourned the case for further deliberations.

On Wednesday, prosecutor Jean-Julien Xavier-Rolai asked that the two footballers be discharged of solicitation of an underage prostitute.

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