Life can be unpredictable sometimes. Nearly five years ago, Benjamin Pavard was tasting the ultimate glory with France at the2018 World Cupin Russia. Now, the Bayern Munich defender is making the headlines for the wrong reasons.

According to L’Equipe, the French right-back will go on trial at the Munich District Court on Wednesday after being arrested for drunk driving on August 4. With 1.4 g of alcohol in his blood, he was well above the limit.

The Munich public’s prosecutor’s office determined that a person driving with a blood alcohol level above 1.1 per thousand is considered “absolutely incapable” of driving. On Wednesday, Pavard will know the court’s decision.

What kind of penalty Benjamin Pavard could face

Pavard has already received a penalty order from the magistrates’ court, and he’ll get to know the final punishment during a public criminal trial in Munich next week.

As L’Equipe notes, the 26-year-old defender incursa fine equivalent to approximately two months of salary as well as a one-year driver’s license ban. Not long ago, Pavard said: “I made a mistake and I admitted it. Nobody is perfect, I learned from it.”

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World Cup winner with France in 2018 to go on trial for drunk driving