Brooklyn federal prosecutors have declared their intention to appeal an unexpected judicial decision that recently absolved a former 21st Century Fox television executive and an Argentine sports marketing company of their convictions in the globally-followed FIFA corruption scandal. Their declaration was made official according to notices filed with the Second Circuit.
The development is significant considering that it follows on the heels of a judge’s order favoring the two parties who were earlier embroiled in one of the most infamous scandals to have rocked the sports world.
Further details of this emerging legal development, and its broad implications, are expected to unfold in the coming weeks. Legal professionals with an interest in high-profile international criminal litigation will no doubt be watching attentively as the prosecution mounts its appeal.
Specifics on the unfolding legal proceedings, the evidence and the legal strategies involved are available
in the original legal documents filed with the Court, which can be accessed via
Law360.