Blatter and Platini were being prosecuted on charges stemming from a delayed payment of two million Swiss francs FIFA made to Platini in 2011 for consultancy services
Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter. Pic/AFP
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini on Tuesday were acquitted on appeal by a Swiss court in a long-running corruption case that shattered their careers as the most powerful figures in world football.
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The ruling was identical to the one handed down in 2022, which had initially cleared them. Blatter and Platini were being prosecuted on charges stemming from a delayed payment of two million Swiss francs FIFA made to Platini in 2011 for consultancy services.
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