Soccer-Ex-FIFA chief Blatter states his innocence on court return over fraud case
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was innocent when he appeared in a Swiss court on Monday alongside France soccer great Michel Platini, 2-1/2 years after they were both cleared of fraud. Blatter and Platini were acquitted in 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.
Blatter and Platini back in court in Swiss Fifa fraud case
Ex-Fifa head Sepp Blatter and French football great Michel Platini were cleared in 2022, but prosecutors appealed.
‘Fifa owed me this money’, says Michel Platini in appeals court
The saga stems from the delayed payment of 2 million Swiss francs Fifa paid Platini in 2011 for consultancy services. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Ex-FIFA chief Blatter, Platini return to court to face corruption charge
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini are due to appear in court in Switzerland on Monday accused of fraud - 2-1/2 years after they were cleared.
Former soccer leaders Blatter and Platini arrive at court for retrial over $2M payment from FIFA
Blatter and Platini are facing a second trial nearly three years after they were acquitted by three federal judges. The charges relate to a Blatter-approved FIFA payment of 2 million Swiss francs (now $2.21 million) to Platini.
'I am innocent': Ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter returns to court in fraud case
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was innocent when he appeared in a Swiss court alongside France soccer great Michel Platini, 2-1/2 years after they were both cleared of fraud.
Platini in appeals court: FIFA owed me this money
Michel Platini, the former head of UEFA, told a Swiss appeals court Monday, where his acquittal on fraud charges is being examined, that FIFA 'owed' him the 2m Swiss francs ($2.2m) at the heart of the
Former FIFA officials Blatter and Platini going back to court for new trial after acquittal in 2022
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter returns to court Monday one week before his 89th birthday for a retrial in a 10-year-old case of alleged financial wrongdoing.
Ex-FIFA chief Sepp Blatter denies 'lies, deception' in trial
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter distanced himself from corruption in soccer when he went on trial Monday for the second time alongside his one-time protege Michel Platini.
Ex-FIFA and UEFA chiefs Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini return to court to face corruption charge
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini are due to appear in court in Switzerland on Monday accused of fraud – two-and-a-half years after they were cleared.
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