Ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini, flanked by his lawyer William Bourdon, talks to the media as he leaves the Central Office for Combating Corruption and Financial and Tax Crimes after being arrested in connection with a criminal investigation into the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, in Nanterre, west of Paris in the early hours of June 19, 2019. - The banned ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini was freed from French custody Wednesday, an AFP journalist said, after several hours of questioning in connection with a criminal investigation into the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
"He is no longer in custody," William Bourdon, the lawyer of the French football legend, said shortly before 1:00 am. There had been "a lot of fuss over nothing", he added. (Photo by Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ZAKARIA ABDELKAFI/AFP via Getty Images)
Procesados por “fraude”, “gestión desleal”, “abuso de confianza” y “falsificación de títulos”, Michel Platini y Sepp Blatter fueron absueltos este viernes por el Tribunal Penal Federal de Bellinzona (Suiza).
Mientras se señalaba un acuerdo en torno a los dos millones de francos suizos en concepto de salario del ex número 10 francés pagado por la FIFA, la Corte tomó la decisión de no seguir las requisiciones de la acusación, exonerando en la misma ocasión a los dos hombres que reclaman haber acordado esto último a través de un «pacto de caballeros».
Aunque cabe recurso de apelación, esta decisión pone fin a un caso que ya dura más de 6 años.
