In 2010, footballers Frank Ribery and Karim Benzema were detained preventively and interrogated after having had sexual relations with an underage luxury escort. The young woman, named Zahia Dehar, has broken her silence after thirteen years in an interview on a podcast LEquipe. The event, which reached international magnitude, ended with the acquittal of the two footballers when both the Prosecutor’s Office and the Paris Correctional Court considered that it was impossible for the players to know their true age. of the girl
The scandal affected me a lot, because I neither sought it nor caused it. I did not report anyone nor did I go to the Police. They came to look for me because they had recordings of him., he explained, denying his connection with the entire judicial plot that was opened later. In statements at that time, Dehar assured that the sexual relations had been consensual and that She did not tell them the truth about her age because she has always looked older.
Although the exoneration of the athletes led to the media shelving of the matter, Zahia Dehar has regretted the ordeal that her life has become since that moment. My name appeared in the press despite it and I even thought about committing suicide. This label is the worst thing a woman can carry in society. And starting my adult life with this label was very hard.has underlined.
Today, Zahia Dehar is a model, actress and lingerie designer. After more than a decade of worries in which she has felt a lack of empathy and dehumanization, the young woman, who is now 31 years old, managed to find work. It was a huge mission: either I committed suicide or I tried to overcome it. It was an almost impossible mission to find a job and move forward. doing the things I liked.
However, his fears were not only reflected in his professional career, but extended to his personal life. I thought about what it would be like to have a relationship or a family life. To every man who approaches me they will say: But you’re going with her anyway? That girl… They would have killed me, she settled.
