“It’s my kids who are suffering because their father is being accused of being a terrorist.” This would be the confidence that Karim Benzema would have made to his lawyer, Me Hugues Vigier, and that the latter reported this Friday on the airwaves of France Info. Accused by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin of having “notorious links” with the Muslim Brotherhood, the former international decided to file a complaint against him, as well as against Eric Zemmour and possibly senator Valérie Boyer, who had publicly requested his loss of French nationality.
“We will pursue those who made the most significant comments,” affirmed Me Vigier, before returning to the comments of Gérald Darmanin affirming on BFM TV, that he would reconsider his comments if Karim Benzema agreed to post a message in tribute to Professor Dominique Bernard, killed in Arras by a radicalized foreigner. “This is odious blackmail,” says the lawyer. “It is not up to Karim Benzema to show good faith: the Minister of the Interior has made a serious accusation, either it is right, he says it, demonstrates it and he maintains his accusation, or it is false and political courage also means recognizing it.”