Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been suspended indefinitely from the France team after becoming embroiled in the Mathieu Valbuena sex-tape scandal.
Benzema was put under formal investigation by a French judge last month in connection with an alleged attempt to blackmail his international team-mate over the video.
French soccer federation president, Neol Le Graet, said: 'I have decided, it's a decision from the president of the French federation and not from the executive committee or the ethics committee, that Karim Benzema cannot play for France until the situation evolves.'
'As long as the judicial system has not decided that everything that has been published on Benzema is excessive, the federation will not change its mind.'
Le Graet was not specific but his ruling probably means Benzema cannot be called up by the national team until he is convicted or cleared of the alleged offence.
Source: Dailymail.
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