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Real Madrid is confident striker Karim Benzema will be cleared of any involvement in a prostitution ring, the Spanish club's managing director said on Wednesday.
Jorge Valdano says Madrid will "support its player whatever the consequences because we're confident in his innocence."
Benzema and Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery were detained for questioning by a special prostitution brigade in Paris on Tuesday.
The players could face up to three years in prison and a €45,000 ($60,000) fine if found guilty of paying to have sex with a minor. Prostitution is legal in France, but prostitutes must be over 18 years old, and clients are liable if they are not.
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Benzema hasn't impressed since his €35 million (then $50 million) transfer from Lyon last year.
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