Target of several political figures, Karim Benzema was very affected by the accusations he was subjected to.
It was a media outing which turned into controversy this week, before generating an embarrassing political recovery: the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin declared that was maintaining “ famous links » with the Muslim Brotherhood, considered a terrorist organization. In his wake, senator LR Valérie Boyer, but also Eric Zemmour, Marine Le Pen and Nadine Morano all made vehement remarks towards the French footballer.
Thursday evening, the Minister of the Interior even put it back on the attacker. “ My comments ? Mr. Benzema is a very great footballer, he is followed by millions of people. I note that he still has not made a tweet for the assassination of this professor in Arras. He also did not tweet for the decapitated babies, the raped women, the 1,300 massacred by Islamist terrorists in Israel “.
“It’s my kids who are suffering”
While Karim Benzema plans to take the case to court for defamation, his lawyer, Hugues Vigier, explained that the former French international had been greatly impacted by this new controversy. “Last night, I was talking with Karim Benzema and it was the first time he said this to me: “I have heard so many things about me, so many unfair things, but here it is my kids who are suffering because their father is accused of being a terrorist. » These people must measure the violence of their words for pure electoralism. In addition, it will feed the voices on the far right, and it is certainly not Mr. Darmanin who will benefit from it. But once the words are said, they have a far-reaching effect », concluded the representative of Karim Benzema on France Info.
