PSG Boss Khelaifi, Ex-FIFA Scribe Valcke Face Trial
April 29, 2020
7:05 am
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and FIFA’s former secretary general Jerome Valcke will face a corruption trial in September, the Swiss judiciary said.
The corruption case arose over the attribution of broadcasting rights.
The two will be tried in the southeastern Swiss city of Bellinzona along with a third, unidentified man.
They will be tried for criminal mismanagement, incitement to criminal mismanagement, falsifying documents and corruption, the federal criminal court said.
Al-Khelaifi, who is also the boss of Qatari television channel BeIN Sports, is suspected of giving inappropriate gifts to Valcke to secure broadcasting rights to prestigious events, including the …
