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Former FIFA Boss Sepp Blatter and French Soccer Icon Michel Platini Cleared of Corruption Charges in Swiss Court
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted of corruption charges by a Swiss court, ending a long legal battle over a 2011 payment.
A Swiss appeals court has acquitted former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and French football icon Michel Platini of corruption charges. The verdict, delivered on Tuesday at the Extraordinary Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Criminal Court in Muttenz, near Basel, upheld the duo’s 2022 acquittal, marking the end of a long-running legal battle over a controversial payment made in 2011. Platini, a three-time Ballon d’Or winner and captain of France’s victorious 1984 European Championship squad, saw his administrative career come to a sudden halt amid the accusations.
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