Platini files defamation suit against former FIFA officials

January 21 – Last August Swiss prosecutors announced they would not be appealing a ruling that cleared Michel Platini of fraud over the CHF2 million payment he received from FIFA in 2011. It was the second time he had been cleared.

Four months later Platini is biting back. In late November he filed a complaint at the Paris Judicial Court for public defamation, with a civil claim for damages being registered on December 19,

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