Federal judge drops charges against ex-Fox executive in soccer corruption prosecution
Judge Pamela K. Chen said prosecutors showed sufficient justification to drop the case, which involved tens of millions of dollars in bribes for soccer media rights.
- On Wednesday, a federal judge in Brooklyn dismissed criminal charges against former 21st Century Fox executive Hernan Lopez and Full Play Group, an Argentine sports marketing company, after U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. cited the Trump administration's prosecutorial priorities.
- The dismissal came on the 11-year anniversary of the DOJ's 2015 takedown charging 14 defendants in an alleged bribery scheme spanning two decades; Lopez and Full Play were convicted in 2023 of paying tens of millions in bribes for World Cup broadcasting rights.
- Judge Chen initially overturned the conviction, but the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed her decision in July, and the case reached the highest levels of FIFA, prompting resignations of top officials.
- As Lopez left the Brooklyn courthouse, he told reporters 'a case that never should have started is finally over,' while the DOJ said in court filings the dismissal was limited to this case alone.
- The dismissal marks the second high-profile bribery case the Justice Department has dropped during President Donald Trump's second term; last year's withdrawal of charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams prompted an exodus of prosecutors from the public integrity section in Washington.
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Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY SportsJust days after a bombshell New York Times report revealed new details about FIFA’s process to award Fox U.S. broadcast rights to the 2026 World Cup, a federal judge has moved to drop charges against Hernan Lopez, a former Fox executive implicated in a sprawling federal investigation into bribery at the highest levels of global soccer media negotiations. On Wednesday, Judge Pamela K. Chen approved an effort b…
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