Hospitalised at the beginning of the year, 85-year-old Sepp Blatter is expected to be allowed to spend a limited amount of time in court.
LAUSANNE - Disgraced ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA chief Michel Platini have been indicted in Switzerland for offences including "fraud", the Swiss Attorney General announced on Tuesday.
Platini, 66, is also accused of "fraud", participating in both "misappropriation" and "criminal mismanagement" as well as "forgery of a document".The case stems from the 2011 payment to Platini that earned both men bans from football in 2015. More than eight years later, the statement said: "Platini demanded a payment in the amount of CHF 2 million. With Blatter's involvement, FIFA made a payment to Platini in said amount at the beginning of 2011. The evidence gathered by the OAG has corroborated that this payment to Platini was made without a legal basis. This payment damaged FIFA's assets and unlawfully enriched Platini.
Hospitalised at the beginning of the year, the 85-year-old is expected to be allowed to spend a limited amount of time in court. The two men have insisted all along that they had orally agreed annual compensation of one million Swiss francs, which was beyond FIFA's finances at the time and they settled the balance in 2011.
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