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,

"The Federal Criminal Court in 2022 said the contract between Platini and me was correct, and I expect the new court will confirm this first decision," Blatter, 88, told Reuters l

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France great Michel Platini are due to appear in court in Switzerland on Monday accused of fraud -- over two years after they were cleared.

Blatter and French soccer great Michel Platini were acquitted in July 2022 by three federal judges on charges including fraud, forgery, misappropriation of funds and mismanagement. They related to a FIFA payment of 2 million Swiss francs (now $2.

Sepp Blatter, the former head of FIFA, and Michel Platini, the ex-president of UEFA, will be back in a Swiss court on Monday for another examination of the charges of