At the time, Platini was president of UEFA and vice-president of FIFA and was expected to succeed Blatter as president of FIFA, world soccer’s governing body. The payment to Platini for consultancy services during Blatter’s first term as president, from 1998 to 2002, was approved by Blatter in January 2011, but ended both men’s football careers. Swiss prosecutors had told the Bellinzona court that it “was done without a legal basis” and “illegally enriched Platini”, but the judge at the trial found them not guilty. Platini will get his CHF 2 million back. FIFA’s ethics committee had banned them from football and removed them from office, and Blatter and Platini took their cases unsuccessfully to FIFA’s appeals committee and later in separate appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Quick guide
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Thanks for your response. Platini then vowed to go after unspecified “culprits” who led to the case against him. “I wanted to express my happiness for all my loved ones that justice has finally been served after seven years of lies and manipulation,” he said. “The truth came out during this trial and I am deeply grateful to the judges of the court for the independence of their decision. “I’ve always said it – my fight is a fight against injustice. I won a first game. In this case there are culprits who did not appear during this trial. Let them rely on me, we will meet again because I will not give up and I will go to the end in the search for the truth.” Blatter also made a brief statement in which he said: “I’m not talking about FIFA, I’m not talking about corruption, I’m talking about me. I haven’t done anything wrong. I am pure in my conscious, I am pure in my spirit.” A FIFA statement said: “FIFA notes the court’s verdict on the case opened by the OAG [office of the attorney general] and we will await the full reasoned judgment before commenting further.”
title: “Sepp Blatter And Michel Platini Acquitted Of Fraud By Swiss Court Fifa " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-06” author: “Demetria Rueda”
At the time, Platini was president of UEFA and vice-president of FIFA and was expected to succeed Blatter as president of FIFA, world soccer’s governing body. The payment to Platini for consultancy services during Blatter’s first term as president, from 1998 to 2002, was approved by Blatter in January 2011, but ended both men’s football careers. Swiss prosecutors had told the Bellinzona court that it “was done without a legal basis” and “illegally enriched Platini”, but the judge at the trial found them not guilty. Platini will get his CHF 2 million back. FIFA’s ethics committee had banned them from football and removed them from office, and Blatter and Platini took their cases unsuccessfully to FIFA’s appeals committee and later in separate appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Quick guide
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Thanks for your response. Platini then vowed to go after unspecified “culprits” who led to the case against him. “I wanted to express my happiness for all my loved ones that justice has finally been served after seven years of lies and manipulation,” he said. “The truth came out during this trial and I am deeply grateful to the judges of the court for the independence of their decision. “I’ve always said it – my fight is a fight against injustice. I won a first game. In this case there are culprits who did not appear during this trial. Let them rely on me, we will meet again because I will not give up and I will go to the end in the search for the truth.” Blatter also made a brief statement in which he said: “I’m not talking about FIFA, I’m not talking about corruption, I’m talking about me. I haven’t done anything wrong. I am pure in my conscious, I am pure in my spirit.” A FIFA statement said: “FIFA notes the court’s verdict on the case opened by the OAG [office of the attorney general] and we will await the full reasoned judgment before commenting further.”
