Platini boycotted Friday's hearing in Zurich. Photo: Filed.
Michel Platini's lawyer is hopeful the suspended UEFA president
and FIFA vice president will be cleared of any wrongdoing after
pleading the Frenchman's case amid allegations of bribery and
corruption.
Thibaud d'Ales fronted judge Hans-Joachim Eckhart and the
FIFA Ethics Committee in Zurich on Friday without Platini, who
boycotted the hearing, over claims a payment was received
from suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
Platini - along with Blatter - was handed a 90-day ban in early
October by the FIFA Ethics Committee over a "disloyal payment"
allegedly made to him in 2011, while the three-time Ballon d'Or
winner's appeal was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for
Sport last week.
However, speaking after the hearing, D'Ales insisted: "Mr Platini
is innocent. That is what we have evidenced to the commission
today through witness testimony and a number of other
evidences.
"Now we are hoping that the ethics commission will render the
law."
Platini refused to attend his hearing with the FIFA Ethics
Committee after accusing a spokesperson of breaching his
"fundamental rights".
A verdict is expected to be reached on Monday, with Platini and
Blatter facing lifetime bans from football.
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