Al-Khelaifi
had
been
charged
with
inciting
former
FIFA
secretary
general
Jerome
Valcke
to
commit
aggravated
criminal
mismanagement.
Valcke
was
accused
of
wanting
to
transfer
the
Middle
East
and
North
Africa
television
rights
for
the
2026
and
2030
World
Cups
to
a
media
company
headed
by
Al-Khelaifi.
Al-Khelaifi
allegedly
offered
Valcke,
who
is
serving
a
10-year
ban
from
football
that
was
handed
down
by
the
Fifa
Ethics
Committee
in
2018,
exclusive
use
of
a
luxury
villa
in
Sardinia
in
exchange.
The
PSG
president
has
been
cleared
again
of
a
charge
of
incitement
to
commit
aggravated
criminal
mismanagement.
It
is
the
second
time
Al-Khelaifi
has
been
cleared
of
wrongdoing
in
the
Swiss
federal
criminal
court
after
prosecutors
appealed
against
the
original
verdicts.
“The
years
of
baseless
allegations,
fictitious
charges
and
constant
smears
have
been
proven
to
be
completely
and
wholly
unsubstantiated
–
twice,”
Al
Khelaifi’s
lawyer
Marc
Bonnant
said
in
a
widely
reported
statement.
Valcke
was
convicted
of
separate
charges
not
involving
Al-Khelaifi.
He
was
given
an
11-month
suspended
sentence
and
must
also
repay
FIFA
€1.75m
(£1.58m)
for
forgery
and
passive
corruption.
Those
charges
relate
to
Valcke
exploiting
his
position
to
influence
the
awarding
of
media
rights
for
Italy
and
Greece
for
various
World
Cup
and
other
tournaments
scheduled
between
2018
and
2030,
in
exchange
for
payments
from
Greek
businessman
Dinos
Deris,
who
has
also
been
charged.
The
Frenchman
was
cleared
of
the
most
serious
charges
involving
accepting
bribes
and
aggravated
criminal
mismanagement.
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