FC Barcelona's Gerard Pique and his superstar wife Shakira are reportedly facing a blackmail plot by a former employee over an alleged sex video. Pique and Shakira have two sons -- Milan, two, and Sasha, 11-months.
Spanish
football is already reeling under a major blackmail with Real Madrid
striker Karim Benzema being probed for extortion of international
teammate Mathieu Valbuena over another sex tape. According to Spanish
law, blackmail is punishable by a serious jail term.
Spanish media
has reported that Pique and Shakira have been threatened with the leak
of an intimate video if the high-profile pair did not pay a significant
sum of money. The footballer and his pop star wife have not confirmed or
denied the reports, says the Mirror.
Shakira,
38, met Pique, 10 years her junior, when the Spanish star appeared in
her music video for the single Waka Waka (This Time for Africa), the
official song for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Pique left
Manchester United in 2008 to join Barcelona in a 5 million Pound deal.
He has been a Barca regular, helping the team win the Champions League
three times, and five La Liga titles.
With Spain, Pique won the World Cup in 2010 and the European Championship two years later.
