Top soccer star Franck Ribery slept with an underage prostitute "as a birthday present to himself", a court heard yesterday.
The married French ace, 30, allegedly paid Zahia Dehar £600 after flying her from Paris to a Munich hotel where he was celebrating his 26th with a party.
Bayern Munich winger Ribery had "no idea" Dehar — who told clients she was 18, the legal minimum age — was too young, Paris Correctional Court was told.
He is accused of having slept with the French-Algerian call girl when she was only 16 or 17 in 2008 and 2009.
His French teammate, striker Karim Benzema, 25, denies paying Dehar £400 for sex in 2008.
Both face up to three years' jail if convicted.
The trial was adjourned to allow the law on underage prostitution to be reviewed.
- Sun
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