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Michel Platini refuses to attend FIFA ethics hearing

After comments made by a FIFA Ethics Committee spokesman, Michel Platini has slammed the organization for its "sham procedure"

Michel Platini has refused to attend his scheduled hearing Friday with the FIFA Ethics Committee after accusing a spokesman of breaching his "fundamental rights."

The UEFA president and FIFA president Sepp Blatter, both of whom are serving suspensions while allegations of a "disloyal payment" between the two are investigated, were due to appear before FIFA's ethics committee judge Hans-Joachim Eckhart in Zurich this week.

A spokesman for the committee, Andreas Brantel, was quoted by L'Equipe earlier this week claiming that the allegations where "well founded" and that both men could face suspensions totaling several years.