According to the defense, the indictment of the motive for fraud missing from their point of view fails.
The defenders of Joseph S. Blatter (88) and Michel Platini (69) have pleaded for the two earlier officials in the new FIFA process. The Swiss public prosecutor, who demands prison terms of one year and eight months to probation, “desperately” attempts to “criminalize” dubious millions from 2011, said Plati’s lawyer Dominic on Wednesday. The judgment is expected on March 25th.
According to Blatter’s lawyer Lorenz Erni, the indictment of his client’s “motif”, who has not earned a cent on the affair, fails. In addition to the acquittal, Nellen called for the return of the 2.2 million Swiss francs, which had been confiscated by the judiciary, and a “moral reparation” for Platini in the appeal hearing in the Swiss Muttenz.
According to the prosecutors’ findings, Blatter Platini from the FIFA fund had the equivalent of around two million euros without the reasonable reason. Both the Swiss Blatter and Platini have described the payment since the beginning of the investigations as an oral fee for FIFA consultant activities Platinis from 1999 to 2002. Blatter spoke of a “Gentlemen’s Agreement”.
The duo, which was accused, among other things, was acquitted in 2022 in the first instance. The public prosecutor then appealed, which the World Association FIFA joined as a suspected party under Blatter’s successor Gianni Infantino. FIFA was not represented at the hearing in Muttenz.
Infantino is seen as the greatest profiteer of the FIFA scandal, which was blown up around ten years ago. At the time, the then UEFA general secretary used the resulting power vacuum through Blatter’s resignation and the cold position of its designated successor Platini and was elected as the new FIFA president in early 2016.
The affair is only flamed “to prevent Michel Platini from becoming FIFA President,” said Nellen on Wednesday: “FIFA” had already won against Michel Platini at a political and media level “, since the Frenchman Infantino no longer threatens.