The passes of arms on social networks between Karim Benzema and Damien Rieu will end in court on Tuesday in Lyon.
Currently on vacation at the end of his season, which was therefore the last, at Real Madrid, Karim Benzema is preparing to continue his career with Al-Ittihad for the next two seasons. But this Tuesday afternoon, all eyes are on Lyon to follow the news of the French striker. The latter decided to attack in defamation Damien Rieu, the far-right activist very active on social networks, who accused him of associations with the Islamist movement. Karim Benzema will not be in person in Lyon for this trial which will take place at the Court of Lyon, but his lawyer will represent him so as not to let these defamatory messages pass in his eyes. Damien Rieu had notably used an image of KB9 with his finger in the air to draw a parallel with the behavior of jihadists, before underlining, with photo support, the proximity between the player then at Real Madrid and the imam of Meaux, targeted by investigators after the assassination of Samuel Paty.
Complaints will rain down on Damien Rieu
Accustomed to this type of complaint, Damien Rieu will therefore defend himself this Tuesday and also believes that he has arguments in this direction, such as this publication by MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov treating Emmanuel Macron as garbage and attacking freedom of expression. , liked for a time by Karim Benzema. “ I think my posts fall within the scope of freedom of expression. I’m basically right, Karim Benzema has sent ambiguous signals about his relationship with Islamism. My first tweet is sarcastic but based on facts “, delivered Damien Rieu, contradicted through the media by the lawyer of KB9.
“ In reality, Damien Rieu shows systematic harassment. By insulting or defaming Karim Benzema, he hopes to be sucked into the notoriety of his target to build one himself. Except that it is completely illegal. We whistle the end of recess “, delivered Sylvain Cormier, who is preparing other complaints against the political activist, for whom Damien Rieu mainly uses the notoriety of Karim Benzema to make himself known.
