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Leo D'Souza, player agent and former advisor to Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, was reportedly threatened by several men in Paris and forced to pay a large sum of money.

French football star Karim Benzema rejected charges that he was involved in an alleged kidnapping attempt. "Is this world still serious?", Wrote on "Twitter" the Real Madrid striker, winner of the Champions League, on the night of Friday, with a specific reference to the allegations.

Even with the death of Emoji, the 30-year-old striker in the social network has expressed outrage at the accusations of agent agent Leo D & Souza, including the French news portal Mediapart and the prestigious French news agency. sports newspaper "The Team".

A former adviser threatened by Benzema in Paris

The events are taking place from 7 October, after the match in Ligue 1 between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Lyon (5: 0). According to D'Souza's police report, the officer was reportedly surrounded by several men in front of a pub in Paris. The group reportedly asked the agent the payment of 50,000 euros, which would have been borrowed from one of the men. D'Souza claims to have recognized a friend of Benzema. He wants to have seen the Real-Star through the windows of a vehicle parked nearby.

D & # 39; Souza, who previously worked for Benzema, has complained of attempted kidnapping, badault and badault, according to media reports. "The Team" wrote that the authorities had opened an investigation, but only for extortion. Benzema was in Paris on October 7th. The player's lawyer, Sylvain Cormier, was quoted in "The Team," claiming that these accusations were "untrue."

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