Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France soccer nice Michel Platini have been each cleared of corruption costs by a Swiss courtroom on Tuesday (March 25, 2025), two and a half years after they have been first acquitted of the offences.
The pair, as soon as among the many strongest figures in world soccer, have been cleared of fraud mismanagement on the Extraordinary Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Criminal Court in the city of Muttenz, close to Basel.
The listening to took place after Swiss federal prosecutors appealed in opposition to their 2022 acquittal at a decrease courtroom. Both males had denied the fees which associated to a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.26 million) fee made to Platini in 2011.
Published – March 25, 2025 03:18 pm IST
