Franck Ribery admits sleeping with underage girl - Child Prostitution Case

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Last updated at 2:52 PM on 20th April 2010

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Questioned: Franck Ribery, 27, is facing allegations in connection with underage prostitutes

The sex scandal engulfing France's international football team took a disturbing twist today as Franck Ribery admitted sleeping with an under-age prostitute.

It came as 22-year-old Karim Benzema was named as another suspect, along with Hatem Ben Arfa, the 23-year-old Marseilles striker.

They all join Sidney Govou, the 30-year-old Lyon winger, who is the fourth player allegedly involved in the crimes.

Although Ribery, a married 27-year-old star, denied knowing that the girl was under 18 when he began seeing her, he could still face charges along with his teammates.

All are suspected of having 'regular sex' with the unnamed French Moroccan after being introduced to her at the Zaman Café, a notorious nightclub on the Champs Elysee in Paris.

Ribery - widely considered to be France's best player - told examining magistrates that he 'saw the girl over a number of months in 2009'.

This contradicts earlier claims that he and his team mates were solely being interviewed as witnesses in the child sex probe.

Prostitution is legal in France, but those providing sex for money have to be at least 18.

If found guilty Ribery, a Muslim convert, faces a maximum of three years in prison and a fine of up to £40,000.

'Judge Andre Dando has yet to decide if Ribery is to be prosecuted but it remains a possibility,' said a judicial source in Paris.

'Ribery has admitted having sexual relationship with the girl over several months, but denies knowing she was underage. He could be in very serious trouble at the worst possible time in his career.

'The same goes for the other players if they are found to have been knowingly sleeping with an underage prostitute.'
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Zaman Café on the Champs Élysées is a legal brothel but is now under investigation over a suspected underage prostitution ring

The unnamed woman is now 18, with the offences said to have taken place last year, said the judicial source.

Ribery is hoping to star in this summer's World Cup finals in South Africa, and is also contemplating a lucrative move from his current club side, Germany's Bayern Munich, to England, Spain or Italy.

He and the other three players were summoned to appear before Judge Dando after 20 girls were arrested in a dawn swoop on the Zaman a week ago on Monday.

It has now been shut down.

A man known as 'Abou' from a hit French reality TV show was questioned about his alleged role in acting as a 'pimp' to introduce players to the girls.

Ribery converted to Islam to marry his French Algerian wife Wahiba. The couple have two daughters.

Govou, a winger with Lyon, is single but has a five-year-old daughter with his ex-girlfriend, Pascale.
Olympique Lyon's Sidney Govou
Karim Benzema

Questioned: Les Blues' stars Sidney Govou and Karim Benzema

The two men will meet in the Champions League semi-final on Wednesday in Munich.

Benzema and Ben Arfa are both believed to be single.

Despite the new revelations, Sophie Bottai, Ribery's lawyer, continued to deny that her client had slept with the girl.

'This affair does not concern my client and could only, in the worst case, involve his private life alone,' she said.

Lawyers for Govou, Benzema and Arfa also deny any wrongdoing.

Jean-Pierre Escalettes, president of the French Football Federation, said: 'An investigation is under way. There is nothing else to say at the moment.'

While international players for teams like England have frequently been involved in scandals involving sex and alcohol, this is the first time that the French have been connected with widespread sleaze allegations.

France was widely criticised last year for the way they qualified for the World Cup.

Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry admitted handling the ball which set up a goal against Ireland which secured the draw France needed to go to South Africa.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...#ixzz0lfXLLsFl

[Leggy Hendrix]

damn thats pretty messed up shit 

[7even]

I respect his honesty.


As fucked up as this all sounds, Ribery did nothing wrong, except maybe adultery.
Blame the clubowner/the pimps. Is he supposed to ask the prostitute for her ID?

[Furor Teutonicus]

Did nothing wrong? I know girls use make up and shit to look older, but this girl was 14.
He has a wife and two children, some1 should cut off his dick.

[7even]

Did nothing wrong? I know girls use make up and shit to look older, but this girl was 14.
He has a wife and two children, some1 should cut off his dick.

According to my sources she was 17. And she was banging men for a living, it's not like she didn't know what was happening.
As said in the text above, he banged her in 2009 and she is 18 now. So let's not get carried away with that 14 stuff. Ribery is NOT a pedophile by any means. He banged a super hot 17-year-old who he thought would be at least 18. I'd say if he was single, that would be perfectly normal behaviour. Only bad stuff in all this is the fact that he is married with children, other than that, it's fine by me.

Legally I don't see anything wrong with what he did. Morally, yes. I do, because of his family. But let's not act as if athletes would never cheat on their wives...

[K.Dub]

Was she a prostitute? If so, who cares to be honest.

Shit like this happens every day. It's just when it's a celeb the media goes nuts.

[Javier]

To be fair there is a different in prostitutes.  Some are forced to be there, and these sex trafficking rings have gotten to upscale that they probably have some girls that were forced in there.  So far though, that doesn't seem to be the case with Ribery though. 

[7even]

She claims she made 20k a month. Doesn't seem "forced" to me.

[OG Hack Wilson]

Did nothing wrong? I know girls use make up and shit to look older, but this girl was 14.
He has a wife and two children, some1 should cut off his dick.

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if you got a fam and kids u need to keep ur dick out of 14 year olds

[Javier]

She claims she made 20k a month. Doesn't seem "forced" to me.

Which is why I said that doesn't seem to be the case here. 

[7even]

Did nothing wrong? I know girls use make up and shit to look older, but this girl was 14.
He has a wife and two children, some1 should cut off his dick.

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if you got a fam and kids u need to keep ur dick out of 14 year olds

Um again, she was 17 and is 18 now.

See a video of her here:

http://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article7284456/Riberys-Prostituierte-Internetvideo-aufgetaucht.html

everybody in the world would hit that.

[Javier]

Damn that bitch has a nice body

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

Fuck him.  For one, he's a loser for paying for a hooker in the first place. If youre a grown man, you know the rules to the game. If you fuck with a female under 18...you can very well be held responsible. Whether you KNEW it, or not. We all know this shit. Its common knowledge at this point. The crime is sleeping with an underage girl....saying you didnt know, doesnt change the criminal act. Its like being pulled over for speeding...and thinking that you shouldnt get a ticket because you didnt know how fast you were going.

[Javier]

Fuck him.  For one, he's a loser for paying for a hooker in the first place. If youre a grown man, you know the rules to the game. If you fuck with a female under 18...you can very well be held responsible. Whether you KNEW it, or not. We all know this shit. Its common knowledge at this point. The crime is sleeping with an underage girl....saying you didnt know, doesnt change the criminal act. Its like being pulled over for speeding...and thinking that you shouldnt get a ticket because you didnt know how fast you were going.

It's more like going to an 21 and over club and sleeping with a 17 year old and then getting caught.  Prostitution is legal where he got caught.  Or another example is going to the bunny ranch and fucking a girl there that turns out she fooled the people there with identification and is actually 17.

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

Fuck him.  For one, he's a loser for paying for a hooker in the first place. If youre a grown man, you know the rules to the game. If you fuck with a female under 18...you can very well be held responsible. Whether you KNEW it, or not. We all know this shit. Its common knowledge at this point. The crime is sleeping with an underage girl....saying you didnt know, doesnt change the criminal act. Its like being pulled over for speeding...and thinking that you shouldnt get a ticket because you didnt know how fast you were going.

It's more like going to an 21 and over club and sleeping with a 17 year old and then getting caught.  Prostitution is legal where he got caught.  Or another example is going to the bunny ranch and fucking a girl there that turns out she fooled the people there with identification and is actually 17.

not really tho. Cus he wasnt picked up for prostitution. Its for sleeping with an underage girl. So prostitution is just as legal as grocery shopping. If he met her at the grocery store and fucked her...it would be a crime even if he didnt know.  Not to mention (correct me if im wrong), but it seems as if once he knew...he kept fuckin her? lol