Narrow Excape::Frank Ribery and Karim Benzema sex scandal case to b settled out of court.

A teenage call girl said to have illegally slept with two of the highest paid stars in European football ‘no longer considers herself a victim’, a criminal court heard today.

Zahia Dehar was just 16 when she allegedly started accepting cash from a range of famous players, including Frenchmen Franck Ribery, 30, and Karim Benzema, 26.

Both men – whose combined wages amount to some 17 million pounds a year - face up to three years in prison if they are found guilty of having sex with an underage prostitute.

Paying for sex is legal in France, but only if all parties involved are more than 18 years old. The age of consent in the country is 15.

The maximum sentence for sleeping with an underage prostitute is three years in prison, and a fine of around 40,000 pounds. Both footballers deny the charge.

Ms Dehar was 17 when she was paid in 2009 to fly from Paris to Munich, where Ribery plays for European Champions Bayern Munich, to sleep with him as a 26th 'birthday treat’.