Evidence ruling next step in long-awaited FIFA corruption trial

A Federal Judge in New York is deliberating on the admissibility of key evidence in a long-running criminal corruption case. U.S. law enforcement has been seeking to prosecute stakeholders for their involvement in bribes relating to the awarding and broadcasting of football tournaments, including the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.

The prosecuting United States Justice Department and the defendants Full Play Group, an Argentinian Sports Media Rights company, and two former Fox television executives Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, respectively, filed petitions in early December and late November of this year.

Sports Law Combine has reviewed both the defendant's Response and the prosecutor's Reply, centred on including the key evidence prosecutors say shows the defendants' "conspiratorial relationship". The argument comes prior to the long-awaited case hearing scheduled for May 2022 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.