Franck Ribery 'flew underage prostitute to Germany as 26th birthday present'

French winger Franck Ribery had paid thousands of pounds to jet an underage prostitute, Zahia Dehar, from France to Germany as a ‘birthday present’ to himself.
 
Dehar, who had been in hiding since the scandal broke a fortnight ago, revealed that Ribery paid for her first class flights and a five-star hotel for his 26th birthday last year.

“I was Ribery's birthday present. Franck approached me in a Paris club. He booked me and flew me to Munich to celebrate his 26th birthday,” The Telegraph quoted Dehar, as saying.

“He made reservations at a luxury hotel in Munich. We had sex and he paid me. I was a lovely little present, wasn’t I?” she added.

Ribery has been embroiled in a sex scandal after French police raided the Paris brothel Cafe Zaman, earlier this month.

Dehar had told officers how she had £1,500 pounds-a-night sex with three French international players, including Ribery.

While Ribery has admitted that he had sex with Dehar, he denies paying her or knowing she was only 17-years-old at the time, which would make it illegal.