Franck Ribery and Sidney Govou in prostitute scandal

pistolpetes11

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7606656/French-international-footballers-Franck-Ribery-and-Sidney-Govou-in-prostitute-scandal.html

SlickRic

ugh.

mike65

Grubby stuff but I'm not going to trash them utterly given neither of them probably had any reason to believe any girls there was a minor.

Degag

Kick em out of the World Cup I say!

Let the Oirish in!

Xavi6

/awaits 'grass on the pitch' joke

stovelid

What alternative has poor Franck got other than paid sex in fairness?

x PyRo

If there's grass on the pitch play ball.

Thanks for the reminder Xavi!!

Raekwon

stovelid wrote: »

What alternative has poor Franck got other than paid sex in fairness?

He's married and hasn't done too bad for himself all things considered :pac:

The_Kew_Tour

looking forward to hearing chants from opposition supporters about this too.

pistolpetes11

Its fairly grubby stuff alrite ,

It seems that papers are just waiting to pounce and try and ruin people's lives.

I hear today that there is another huge JT going to break just before the world cup which will be the end of him .

Although he deserves what he gets for how he has carried on, why would they wait to break the story just before the world cup ? Are they trying to sabotage there chance's or just looking to set up a scapegoat if things go wrong ?

Terry has been at the heart of the problems for Chelsea this season , he has fecked up non stop since this scandal broke and Saturday was another prime example , Tuesday night we were lucky against Bolton again with Mr Terry in the spotlight.

The story about Ashley Cole wanting to leave , IMO its time to be saying to Terry , thanks for the memories but dont let the door hit you on the way out . He has been way too much of destructive force towards the club this season.

Mitch Connor

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Its fairly grubby stuff alrite ,

It seems that papers are just waiting to pounce and try and ruin people's lives.

I hear today that there is another huge JT going to break just before the world cup which will be the end of him .

Although he deserves what he gets for how he has carried on, why would they wait to break the story just before the world cup ? Are they trying to sabotage there chance's or just looking to set up a scapegoat if things go wrong ?

Terry has been at the heart of the problems for Chelsea this season , he has fecked up non stop since this scandal broke and Saturday was another prime example , Tuesday night we were lucky against Bolton again with Mr Terry in the spotlight.

The story about Ashley Cole wanting to leave , IMO its time to be saying to Terry , thanks for the memories but dont let the door hit you on the way out . He has been way too much of destructive force towards the club this season.

there is always a JT story 'about to break'.

Meh.

GavRedKing

I cant see the French winning the WC but any stories that can disrupt harmony in the run to a WC will be very bad for the team and the country.

Will be interesting to watch how it develops. As been mentioned, there always seems to be something going around about JT so thats nothing shocking.

pickarooney

Sydney Govou is one of France's most famous players? Wishful thinking.

Jazzy

they are being summoned as witnesses. the telegraph is just trying to sell papers. witness /= guilty party... yeah i know that much should be obvious but 90% of people here are pretty slow when it comes to really reading what the media has to say

Sútalún

Isn't really much of a story really.. In footballing terms.

Le King

Meh. Boring.

pistolpetes11

Interesting :

If it was Terry , Rooney , Gerrard, Fabregas would it not be boring ?

pickarooney

Jazzy wrote: »

they are being summoned as witnesses. the telegraph is just trying to sell papers. witness /= guilty party... yeah i know that much should be obvious but 90% of people here are pretty slow when it comes to really reading what the media has to say

I was going to post that, but then I read anotehr article where Ribéry admits to sleeping with an prostitute but not knowing her age. Is this really the kind of story that football fans really care about though?

flahavaj

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Interesting :

If it was Terry , Rooney , Gerrard, Fabregas would it not be boring ?

You're surprised that people have more interest in players from the league they watch most closely?

pistolpetes11

flahavaj wrote: »

You're surprised that people have more interest in players from the league they watch most closely?

No not really ,

You look at the moral outrage over the Terry debacle and this is potentially a much worse situation and people seem to close there eyes because the players are not in the league that they follow .

Plus there is a good chance that Ribery may be in the EPL in the near future

flahavaj

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

No not really ,

You look at the moral outrage over the Terry debacle and this is potentially a much worse situation and people seem to close there eyes because the players are not in the league that they follow .

Plus there is a good chance that Ribery may be in the EPL in the near future

Chelsea fan, yeah?;)

pistolpetes11

flahavaj wrote: »

Chelsea fan, yeah?;)

You know I am as you post in the forum quite regularly

Spiritoftheseventies

Degag wrote: »

Kick em out of the World Cup I say!

Let the Oirish in!

Or if youre a united fan, go to high court, and kick Bayern out of Champions league

Jazzy

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Or if youre a united fan, go to high court, and kick Bayern out of Champions league

what?

nope, cant find a point to this

Sir Gallagher

Raekwon wrote: »

He's married and hasn't done too bad for himself all things considered :pac:

I'm pretty sure he did my garden a few years back.

Spiritoftheseventies

Jazzy wrote: »

what?

nope, cant find a point to this

Last resort for Fergie. Ribery playing for Munich and all.

Jazzy

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Last resort for Fergie. Ribery playing for Munich and all.

oh, so it was a sh1tty barb against man utd fans on a thread that has nothing to do with them, their club or in fact any player associated with them at all.


nice fukin work

Spiritoftheseventies

Jazzy wrote: »

oh, so it was a sh1tty barb against man utd fans on a thread that has nothing to do with them, their club or in fact any player associated with them at all.


nice fukin work

Was half joking. Too soon maybe. My apologies.

Degag

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Was half joking. Too soon maybe. My apologies.

It's ok, i'm a united fan and i loled.

Ordinary man

I hope ribery gets crabs:mad:

projectmayhem

Police took Ribery into questioning but he said he didn't want to answer questions, and would talk to them in a few weeks. A few weeks passed, and the police even gave him a pen for his birthday to make him sign a statement, but he said he would wait until the trial is over before deciding on giving a statement.

(someone might get that joke)

parker kent

projectmayhem wrote: »

Police took Ribery into questioning but he said he didn't want to answer questions, and would talk to them in a few weeks. A few weeks passed, and the police even gave him a pen for his birthday to make him sign a statement, but he said he would wait until the trial is over before deciding on giving a statement.

(someone might get that joke)

Well done Super-Intendent Rummenigge

manufan16

projectmayhem wrote: »

Police took Ribery into questioning but he said he didn't want to answer questions, and would talk to them in a few weeks. A few weeks passed, and the police even gave him a pen for his birthday to make him sign a statement, but he said he would wait until the trial is over before deciding on giving a statement.

(someone might get that joke)

good one

Spiritoftheseventies

projectmayhem wrote: »

Police took Ribery into questioning but he said he didn't want to answer questions, and would talk to them in a few weeks. A few weeks passed, and the police even gave him a pen for his birthday to make him sign a statement, but he said he would wait until the trial is over before deciding on giving a statement.

(someone might get that joke)

Have you a source for this. Cant imagine it would work that way

heavyballs

no pics of the chics,dam,i'd say they were tops

keane2097

Thierry Henry, the former Arsenal star, was alleged to have handled the ball which set up a goal against Ireland which secured the draw France needed to go to South Africa, where the competition starts in June.

Did anyone else lol at how careful they were with that accusation while implying all the way through that Govou and Ribery are paedophiles?

~Rebel~

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Have you a source for this. Cant imagine it would work that way

?

bullpost

Raekwon wrote: »

He's married and hasn't done too bad for himself all things considered :pac:

Only when you don't realise she used to be a plumber from Strasbourg called Thierry

mayordenis

am I missing something?

"Judge Yves Dando said he was speaking to Ribery and Govou solely as witnesses, but their involvement in a sex scandal will come at the worst possible time for France. "

Mr.Nice Guy

There's an update on this story in The Guardian. Apparently the girl in question was 17:

French sex scandal deepens as two more players are named
• Franck Ribéry 'admits to relationship with prostitute'
• Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa say they are innocent

France's national football team was further drawn into the sex scandal involving Franck Ribéry yesterday after two more players' names were cited in connection with an investigation into underage prostitution.

Unnamed judicial sources told the French media that Karim Benzema, the Real Madrid forward, and Hatem Ben Arfa, a striker for Marseille, are expected to be questioned in coming days as "witnesses" in the inquiry.

The scandal engulfing Les Bleus, which began when Ribéry was questioned by police in connection with a prostitution ring, also deepened after judicial sources said the 27-year-old had admitted having sex with a 17-year-old prostitute but denied having known she was underage. In France it is illegal to buy sex from someone under 18.

The Bayern Munich forward's lawyer, Sophie Bottai, has insisted that, while the footballer did provide witness testimony to French investigators looking into a ring allegedly run out of a Paris nightclub, he was being heard simply as a witness and not as a suspect.

No charges were filed against him, said Bottai, and he was not held in police custody.

However, the rumours swirling around the team have not ceased since reports surfaced at the weekend that Ribéry and his fellow player Sidney Govou had been questioned by French investigators.

On 12 April police had searched the Zaman Café, a restaurant and nightclub on the Champs Elyseés, and arrested a dozen people, among them prostitutes and a man suspected of being their pimp.

Refusing to say whether or not his client had been questioned by police, Govou's lawyer, Thierry Braillard, said the 30-year-old had "never set foot" in the Zaman.

But the player's name has been cited repeatedly in connection with the investigation being led by the investigating judge André Dando. A judicial source said that, while his married team-mate Ribéry remained a witness in the affair, "it is up to the judge to decided whether to formally investigate him [Ribéry] or not".

In France, prostitution is legal but several activities surrounding it are against the law. If found guilty of paying an underage sex worker, a client could go to prison for three years and be fined up to €45,000 (£39,000).

Yesterday the two other players drawn into the scandal vehemently denied involvement in alleged activities at the Zaman, which has now been shut down. "It's absolutely not me," Ben Arfa told L'Equipe TV. Even if his client were summoned by the police tomorrow, added his lawyer, "that would change nothing".

Benzema's agent, Karim Djaziri, also spoke out in defence of his client. "Karim has not been questioned. He has nothing to do with this affair," he told LePost.fr.

As speculation mounted in Paris, the French football federation (FFF) issued a terse statement saying it was aware of the investigation and certain players' involvement "as mere witnesses". But it said it would "refrain from all comment" until the police had done their job.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/apr/20/frank-ribery-sex-scandal-france

pwd

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/822872-zahia-dehar-breaks-silence-over-franck-ribery-prostitution-scandal

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267805/Franck-Riberys-underage-prostitute-Zahia-Dehar-breaks-silence.html

She says she lied about her age, and defends them.

Bill Hicks on teenage girls wrote:

"It's like a whisp of cotton candy framing a paper cut...it's really, really nice. Sick? That's sick? What do you like?-- these coal miner women with pussies so big you find dead canaries in them?"

Mr. Incognito

Pics of her here:

http://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premiership/saturdays-wag-the-ribery-hooker-21-pro-pics

Eire-Dearg

I would.

Just sayin'.

bad2dabone

i think what we're all losing sight of here is what a cracking rack that little minx has.

missingtime

Nice arse too. Christ what I wouldn't give to be a professional soccer player.

bad2dabone

missingtime wrote: »

Nice arse too. Christ what I wouldn't give to be a professional soccer player.

indeed, i'd give my right leg to be a professional soccer player.

pickarooney

missingtime wrote: »

Nice arse too. Christ what I wouldn't give to be a professional soccer player.

I'm not sure prostitutes are all that bothered where you get your money from.

x in the city

thing about soccer players is that some of them are, erm intellectually challenged should we say.

missingtime

pickarooney wrote: »

I'm not sure prostitutes are all that bothered where you get your money from.

I dont have money for sex. Are you mad. I have to rely on charm and wit and and and other stuff.

Reganio 2

In fairness I think we would all ride her no matter how illegal... Rape dosn't count.

Soby

Be great if all 3 french players got crabs :P