I don't feel capable at the moment of responding to an interrogation.' The judges allowed him to delay his testimony to Thursday, a day later than planned. 'I hope that I'll feel better tomorrow,' Blatter said.įormer FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrives in front of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (Bundesstrafgericht) in Bellinzona, Switzerland June 9, 2022 Yesterday, sitting with his lawyer on a long bench, Blatter told judges in a voice barely louder than a whisper: 'I'm not well. 'You must wait for the questions they will ask me, then I will answer the questions according to my heart and conscience,' Blatter said before the hearing. 'Everything is fine, there is sunshine and your smile.' It is a courthouse, and we will come out of this courthouse free,' he told journalists. 'On the one hand, I've entered houses, I've entered small houses everywhere, huts, this is different, but it's still a house. He was then asked how he felt for the first time entering a courthouse. Today, the 86-year-old Swiss - who has been suffering from long-term health issues - looked frail as he made his way through a crowd of reporters towards the Bellinzona courthouse ahead of giving his delayed testimony.īut outside the court, Blatter again presented a confident guise to the gathered press pack, which surrounded him with microphones as he arrived.Īsked by a reporter off camera whether he would speak in court, Blatter said: 'Of course I will speak, if they make me speak, I will speak,' without elaborating further on what he would say. Once among the game's most powerful figures, the pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc (£1.6 million) payment in 2011 to Platini. He told reporters that he would speak in court today after his testimony was stopped on Wednesday when he complained about chest pains and having trouble breathing.īlatter, along with his former protégé and French footballing legend Michel Platini, appeared in Swiss Federal Criminal Court yesterday where they are facing corruption charges which triggered their downfall from the top of global football.
A defiant former FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted he will 'walk out free' as he arrived in court this morning for the second day of his explosive fraud trial.
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