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Real Madrid's Benzema gets suspended jail term in sex tape trial

France's Karim Benzema during the warm-up before the match between France v Kazakhstan during World Cup qualifiers in November 2021. [Reuters]

France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was found guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of a former international teammate over a sex tape on Wednesday and sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term.

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