Benzema Arrested By French Police

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema has been arrested
by French police in relation to the alleged plot to
blackmail Lyon playmaker Mathieu Valbuena,
according to reports from Agence France-Presse.
Benzema is believed to have visited a judicial
police office prior to his arrest in relation to the
case that was opened by the French authorities in
July.

The case is reported to centre around an alleged
extortion attempt regarding a sex tape involving
France international Valbuena.

Part of the investigations around the case also
saw former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse taken
into custody and later released in October.

A statement released by a prosecutor last month
read: "Djibril Cisse was taken into custody (…) in
connection with a judicial investigation opened in
the district court of Versailles on July 31 201