Paris: French football star Karim Benzema has lost the lawsuit he filed against daily newspaper Le Monde for publishing the transcript of his interrogation as part of the investigations into his alleged involvement in a plot to blackmail his compatriot Mathieu Balbuena with a sex tape. L’Equipe reported on Monday in its online edition that the French court overturned the complaint due to a procedural error, reports Efe.

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