USA v. Webb et al

  1. February 21, 2023

    Ex-ESPN Prez Testifies About Losing World Cup Rights To Fox

    Longtime ESPN president John Skipper told a Brooklyn federal jury Tuesday he was "angry" when the network lost its long-standing World Cup broadcasting rights to 21st Century Fox, whose former executives are accused of bribing top soccer officials.

  2. February 17, 2023

    Soccer Deals Kept Secret Over Kidnapping Fears, Jury Told

    Counsel for an Argentine marketing company suggested to a Brooklyn federal jury Friday that a Colombian soccer official used a shell entity for private payments in order to conceal his wealth from potential kidnappers, not because the money was "ill-gotten," as the executive claimed. 

  3. February 16, 2023

    Ex-Colombian Soccer Prez Says Fox Benefited From Bribes

    The former president of Colombia's soccer federation told a Brooklyn federal jury Thursday that 21st Century Fox reaped the benefits from annual bribes paid to him and other South American FIFA officials.

  4. February 14, 2023

    BuzzFeed Prez Backs Ex-Fox Colleague In Soccer Bribe Trial

    The president of BuzzFeed Inc. testified in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday about her time as CFO of a 21st Century Fox unit that is now the subject of a soccer bribery trial, saying she "never" knew the subsidiary's top executive to break the law.

  5. February 13, 2023

    Fox Auditor Tells Jury Soccer Contracts 'Stunk' Of Deceit

    A former auditor for 21st Century Fox testified Monday about his 2014 investigation into allegations of bribery in the media giant's South American soccer business, telling a Brooklyn federal jury that he "thought the whole thing stunk" of wrongdoing.

  6. February 10, 2023

    Former ESPN President To Testify In Soccer Bribery Trial

    Ex-ESPN President John Skipper will be allowed to testify in the ongoing soccer bribery trial of two former 21st Century Fox executives, a Brooklyn federal judge announced ahead of her Friday return from COVID-19 quarantine. 

  7. February 08, 2023

    Former Fox Exec Fights Ex-ESPN Prez's Bribe Trial Testimony

    A former 21st Century Fox executive is seeking to block onetime ESPN President John Skipper from testifying in an ongoing soccer bribery trial, saying the sports network's loss of World Cup broadcasting rights to Fox is irrelevant to the charged conspiracy.

  8. February 06, 2023

    Soccer Bribery Trial Paused After Judge Gets COVID

    The criminal bribery trial of two former 21st Century Fox executives was put on hold Monday after the Brooklyn federal judge overseeing the high-profile soccer corruption case tested positive for COVID-19.

  9. February 02, 2023

    Sports Media Co. Hid Soccer Bribes From Banks, Jury Hears

    The former finance chief of an Argentine marketing company told a Brooklyn federal jury on Thursday that he lied to bankers about the nature of "private payments" to international soccer bosses, remaining steadfast as a defense lawyer questioned just how private those payments really were.

  10. February 01, 2023

    Star Witness In FIFA Bribe Trial Denies Misconduct Claims

    A key cooperator in the FIFA soccer corruption probe completed his marathon testimony against two former 21st Century Fox executives in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday, avowing before leaving the witness stand that he did not change his story based on any details about the trial's opening statements.