Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was innocent when he appeared in a Swiss court on Monday alongside France soccer great Michel Platini, 2-1/2 years after they were both cleared of fraud. Blatter and Platini were acquitted in 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.

Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrived at a Swiss court Monday for his fresh trial on fraud, forgery and misappropriation charges, appearing frail one week before his 89th birthday. “I am hopeful,” Blatter told reporters in German as he walked slowly down a flight of stairs toward the court house,

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter returns to court Monday one week before his 89th birthday for a retrial in a 10-year-old case of alleged financial wrongdoing.