For seven weeks in a U.S. courtroom, federal jurors were thrust into a corruption scandal that had reached the highest levels of professional soccer. They must now decide the fates of two former Fox executives accused of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes.
In this courtroom sketch, assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Silverberg, far right questions former ESPN president John Skipper, far left, during the trial of Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez in U.S. District Court, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in New York.
"This trial has given you a unique, inside look into a series of criminal conspiracies involving corruption at the very highest levels of organized soccer and the business of broadcasting the sport," Assistant United States Attorney Eric Silverberg told jurors, during the government's closing arguments.
"This case rises and falls on Burzaco," added Steven McCool, who represents Martinez. "You cannot convict another human being based on a liar." Burzaco has yet to be sentenced, and his critics contend that he was testifying on behalf the government to curry favor before being sentenced. Lopez is the former chief executive of Fox International Channels and later operated a podcasting venture. Martinez headed the broadcaster's Latin America affiliate.
ESPN began airing soccer's premier sporting event before it caught on with U.S. audiences. FIFA previously had to buy airtime to get the tournament broadcast in the country.ESPN paid $100 million for the rights to broadcast the sporting event in 2010 and 2014, and had sought to continue airing the World Cup. But during two rounds of bidding, it failed to win those rights.
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