Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared of corruption by Swiss court
- zarasushmaa
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min read
Former Fifa President Sepp Blatter and France footballing legend Michel Platini were cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Friday.
Blatter was the head of world football for 17 years before resigning amid a corruption scandal that rocked the sport, was cleared of fraud by the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona
Platini, a former France national team captain president of European football governing body Uefa, was also acquitted of fraud.
The two, once among the most powerful figures in world football had denied the charges against them.
Prosecutors had accused Blatter and Platini of unlawfully arranging for Fifa to pay the Frenchman two million Swiss francs ($2.06 million) in 2011.
The case meant Blatter ended his reign as Fifa president in disgrace and it wrecked Platini's hopes of succeeding him after he was banned from football when the affair came to light.
Blatter, 86, had said the two-million franc payment followed a "gentlemen's agreement" between the pair when he asked Platini to be his technical adviser in 1998.
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