Real Madrid striker can not avoid getting into trouble off the pitch. It is a fixture in the columns of the daily events
Since his arrival at Santiago Bernabeu, France striker Karim Benzema has been almost more trouble sometimes notice that their performance on the pitch. The latest mess that has been involved, this time inadvertently, has been the attempt to blackmail which was the subject earlier this year and was resolved by the French police, as revealed in yesterday's edition the newspaper 'Le Journal du Dimanche. "
A few months ago, someone got in touch with people close to the Real Madrid striker and threatened to sell to the press about intimate photos of it with an old girlfriend unless he received 900,000 euros. Benzema's lawyer, Sylvain Cormier, reported the extortion attempt against the French police and began researching this to find those responsible. Following the track of the prepaid mobile that was used to make threats, the researchers were getting closer and closer until the two fell into the trap blackmailers who tended them in a hotel on the outskirts of Lyon.
Offenders attended the meeting to collect the money required, but found a nasty surprise waiting for them that only the police. It turned out that one of the two extortionists were precisely the ex-girlfriend's stepfather used as bait for Benzema. It was a man well placed and earned a comfortable life, but thought that with the Real Madrid player had won the lottery.
His lawyer, Benzema was maintained at all times regardless of the investigations and was only informed when the police solved the issue in a film operation, as several agents dressed as gardeners and guests of the hotel where he organized the ambush.