Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud in Swiss Court

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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud in Swiss Court

By Matt Foster and Ben Church, CNN
Updated 9:42 AM ET, Fri July 8, 2022

(CNN) — Former FIFA and UEFA Presidents Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud, forgery and mismanagement in a court in Switzerland on Friday.

The trial centered on a payment made by FIFA, world soccer's governing body, to Platini in 2011. At the time, Platini was President of UEFA, European soccer's governing body.

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) accused both men of unlawfully arranging the payment of 2 million Swiss Francs (current value US $2.05 million).

A statement released by the court after the trial read that "the result of the evidence supports the version of the accused, the facts of the indictment cannot therefore be considered to have been created with a probability bordering on certainty and the court adheres to the version the prosecution's serious doubts remain."

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