Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted of corruption charges by a Swiss appeals court, reaffirming their earlier 2022 acquittal. The case, stemming from a 2 million Swiss franc payment from Blatter to Platini, originally emerged in 2015, impacting Platini’s career and ambitions in football governance. Despite the legal proceedings lacking incriminating evidence, they profoundly affected Platini’s personal and professional life, thwarting his bid for FIFA presidency. His lawyer expressed hope that the case would now finally conclude, allowing Platini to move on.
After two acquittals, even the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland must realise that these criminal proceedings have definitively failed.
The criminal proceedings have had not only legal but also massive personal and professional consequences for Michel Platini although no incriminating evidence was ever presented.
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