Football News : Benzema lawyers to appeal sex-tape Blackmail verdict against Benzema

France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and received a 75,000 euros fine on Wednesday in a sex tape case that has rocked football.

Benzema was found guilty of being involved in an attempt in 2015 to blackmail France teammate Mathieu Valbuena.

The Versailles court decision is unlikely to affect Benzema’s immediate sporting future.

French federation president Noel Le Great has already said Benzema would be allowed to keep playing with France even if found guilty.

Benzema's lawyers said he will appeal.

The 33-year-old, who denied wrongdoing, did not attend the trial in Versailles last month and was absent for the verdict.

The four other defendants were also found guilty and did not appear at the court.