And The Hits Keep On Coming!

During the recent World Cup, the biggest disappointment was without question the French national team who imploded in front of the world. With a tirade by striker Nicolas Anelka against the coach, a non-training strike in front of cameras, and only 1 point out of 9 on the field; they were the biggest joke in the World Cup.

And to prove that when it rains, it pours; a French judge has now approved charges against French football stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema. Problems for the players began when a prostitute Zahia Dehar, told French media that several players on the French's national team paid to have sex with her when she was still a minor.

To be fair to the players, Zahia Dehar (who wisely only told/sold her story after she turned 18) openly admits that she lied about her age and that the players were unaware that she was underage. She even went as far as to praise the players for treating her well.

Not that it will make any difference as the two players are now charged with soliciting sex with an underage prostitute. The sex scandal is another blow to the French team's image but there is something unfair about all this to me. Okay, I understand the two players being charged but for soliciting an underage prostitute when the prostitute in question openly admitted that she lied about her age? And what’s more, there is no report about Zahia Dehar being charged with anything!

That just doesn’t seem right to me. The players, who were lied to, are being charged while the prostitute in question is not? Not that I like defending multi-millionaires football players, but that’s just wrong. The two players may be idiots, Ribery especially since he is married with two children, but they are hardly the only ones at fault here. I mean they were the ones being lied to.

Unfortunately, that will probably not matter as condemnation will come hard and fast on the players once the case goes to court. The luckiest person in all this; French forward Sidney Govou, another French player who acquired the services of Ms. Zahia Dehar but only a few months after she turned 18. Amazing how much trouble one can land into due to a few months.