Lausanne, June 24, 2022 (AFP) - Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was on Friday acquitted on appeal by a Swiss federal court of charges of corruption in the attribution of World Cup TV rights. FIFA's former secretary general Jerome Valcke was also acquitted of the same charges but received an 11-month suspended sentence for bribery and forgery of documents in a separate case. Al-Khelaifi, who is also chairman of Qatar-owned broadcaster beIN Media, had been charged with inciting Valcke to commit "aggravated criminal mismanagement". Valcke, who until 2015 was the right-hand man of now-ousted FIFA president Sepp Blatter, faces the bulk of the charges linked to two separate cases of television rights corruption. Al-Khelaifi denies buying the property in question or promising it to Valcke.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 24, 2022 13:13 UTC