Blatter and Platini: Process by two million Swiss francs begins!

Blatter and Platini: Process by two million Swiss francs begins!

The focus of a sensational court procedure is the former football sizes Joseph Blatter (88) and Michel Platini (69), who have to answer for fraud and embezzlement. The event of the process is a controversial payment of CHF two million (CHF 2.13 million), which Blatter approved as FIFA president in 2011 to Platini. In court, both emphasized their innocence again and rejected the allegations when they appeared in the criminal judicial center Muttenz on Monday. "It didn't exist in my whole life," defended himself, and emphasized that this payment was a fee for consulting services that Platini had done many years earlier, so krone.at.

Both actors have already been acquitted in 2022, but the public prosecutor's office appealed, which is why it has now occurred at this renewed trial. A decision is expected on March 25th. The FIFA, who initially appeared as a private plaintiff, was not present at the last trial, which was criticized by Platini and his lawyer as a "like a football game in which the opponent did not appear". As a result, the court pointed out that FIFA was partially excluded from the procedure due to its lack of interest. This means that she can no longer submit applications, Blatter and Platini should be acquitted again, such as sueddeutsche.de reported.

In 2015, criminal proceedings were initiated against the two former officials, which abruptly stopped their careers. Blatter and Platini claim that the payment for advisory activities that were provided from 1999 to 2002 was subsequently charged. Despite its vehement defense, it remains to be seen whether the court will ultimately confirm its original acquittal judgment or whether new legal consequences are threatened.