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REAL MADRID striker Karim Benzema has admitted to lying to fellow France international Mathieu Valbuena over a sex video at the centre of an alleged blackmailing attempt.

Le Parisien yesterday quoted extracts from Benzema’s hearing with a judge on January 28 in which he said he did not watch Valbuena’s sex tape after telling the Olympique Lyon forward that he did.

“I should have told him I had not seen it,” Benzema was quoted as telling the judge. “I was showing off, I was acting ... It’s like when you describe a movie you have not seen.”

Benzema, who has been under formal investigation since November, has also been suspended indefinitely from the France team. – Reuters