Fallout from the FIFA soccer scandal has begun to affect journalism in the Cayman Islands.
David Legge and his wife, Vicki, the publishers of the only daily newspaper in the territory, said Monday that they had left for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., fearing for their safety after the Cayman Islands premier, Alden McLaughlin, described a recent editorial about corruption as “treasonous.”
The Caymans are linked to the FIFA case because of Jeffrey Webb, a former president of the territory’s soccer federation, who has been accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes from sports executives seeking broadcast and marketing rights to soccer tournaments in the region.