Towards a trial in Switzerland for Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter

In his “notice of next closing”, including [Nute] Reigned, the Parquet Switzerland announces that he will file an indictment against the two men in the case of the presumed payment unfair made to the French 2011.

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The “Blatter-Platini affair”, old now six years, is preparing to know his judicial epilogue. According to the information of the world, the Public Ministry of the Helvetic Confederation (MPC) has served as the former President of the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the former boss of the Union of European Soccer Soccer Associations (UEFA ), in a “notice of next closing” in August, which he intended to file an indictment against them.

“The parties have been informed by this mail that the MPC considers that the instruction is complete and intends to initiate the accusation against the two defendants,” the world confirmed the MPC. The latter has “fixed a deadline for the parties to present their possible requisitions of evidence. After the expiry of this period, the MPC will decide, if necessary, on the requisitions of evidence before it can end the procedure.” “

for MM. Blatter and Platini, suspected of a disloyal payment of 2 million Swiss francs (1.8 million euros), carried out by the first in the second in February 2011, this decision is synonymous with trial to come before the federal criminal court of Bellinzone. Their lawyers can still dispute and ask for new acts.

m. Blatter, 85, is pursued for “suspicions of scam, abuse of confidence, false in unfair titles and management”. As for Mr. Platini, 66, he has been pursued since 2020 for “suspicions of scam, participation in abuse of confidence, participation in unfair and false management in the titles”.

In order to investigate the criminal proceedings since 2019, the federal prosecutor Thomas Hildebrand suspects the two men to lie in their entourage as to the reason for this payment which was made a few months before the re-election of Mr. Blatter, In June 2011, at the head of FIFA.

“This case turns in Vaudeville,” said Mr. Batter in the world. If we want to refer this case to the Tribunal for a trial, I will at least have the opportunity to defend myself of viva voice. ” Contacted, Mr. Platini did not wish to comment.

A prescribed claim, according to FIFA

The federal prosecutor does not believe in the version given by MM. Blatter and Platini: these ensure that this payment corresponded, by virtue of an “oral contract” sealed in 1998, to a balance of wages paid to Mr Platini for the period during which French officiates as advisor to the President of the President of the President of the President of the President of the President FIFA (1999-2002). In August 1999, the two men had signed a written contract, agreed with the payment of a salary of 300,000 Swiss annual francs to French.

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