Sepp Blatter too unwell to testify at his own fraud trial
The trial of former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and France great Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments was delayed on Wednesday when Blatter said he was too ill to testify.
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Sepp Blatter avoids testifying at start of FIFA fraud trial
BELLINZONA, Switzerland: Full of smiles and confidence before entering the courtroom, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter claimed later Wednesday he was bothered by chest pains and unable to testify on the opening day of his criminal trial. Once the most powerful man in the world of soccer, Blatter is facing charges of defrauding FIFA in a Swiss criminal court. He is on trial along with former France great Michel Platini, his former protégé who had been considered Blatter’s successor as president of the governing body of soccer.
Trial Opens For Fallen Football Chiefs Sepp Blatter And Michel Platini
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, went on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment. Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, appeared in the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following an investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years. The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08 million) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football's governing body UEFA.
Smiling Blatter enters court at start of FIFA fraud trial
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have arrived at a Swiss criminal court for the start of their 11-day trial on charges of defrauding world football’s governing body FIFA.
Blatter and Platini go on trial in Switzerland
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, have gone on trial in Switzerland over a suspected fraudulent payment.