MADRID, 17 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
French footballer Karim Benzema, Real Madrid legend and current Saudi Al Ittihad striker, confirmed through his lawyer a complaint filed against Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior of France, for accusing him of having “notorious links” with the Muslim Brotherhood. , an Islamist organization that is considered terrorist in the country.
Interviewed this Tuesday by the French radio station RTL, lawyer Hugues Vigier indicated that his client had filed that complaint for defamation before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), the only French jurisdiction that allows judging crimes or misdemeanors committed by members of the Government. in the exercise of their functions.
According to the newspaper 'Le Figaro', RTL mentioned “a 92-page complaint, including 80 annexes”, knowing that public defamation is punishable by a fine of 12,000 euros. “We are expelling people in this way, in the face of general opprobrium, just to create a false communication trick. With family consequences also for those close to them that are considerable,” Vigier commented.
“We are sowing division in France, we have many people who do not understand this type of speech, some who exclude Karim Benzema and others who feel excluded by what we say about him. This is the complete opposite of what we should strive to achieve a man who calls himself a politician,” the lawyer stressed, alluding to Darmanin.