Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been accused by Hope Solo, the USA women's' football team goalkeeper, of having sexually assaulted her at Fifa's Ballon d'Or award ceremony in January 2013.
The goalkeeper presented the award for Fifa women's' player of the year that year in front of an audience alongside Blatter to her teammate Abby Wambach after the USA won gold
at the Olympics in London in 2012.
The 36-year-old said "I had Sepp Blatter grab my ass" at the award ceremony, however Blatter, via a spokesman, denied the claims, calling them "ridiculous".
In an interview with Portuguese daily paper Expresso, Solo claimed that sexual assault had happened minutes before they went on stage to present the award.
When asked why she had never brought it up previously, Solo admitted it is because she usually likes to take it up with the person directly, rather than flush it out to the press.
“In the case of Sepp Blatter, I went on the stage, I was nervous about the presentation… It was the Ballon d’Or I was presenting.
“After that, I didn’t see him, and that was kind of bad. I didn’t get to tell him directly ‘Don’t ever touch me!’ That’s the way I’ve always handled things. Directly.” the USA goalkeeper added
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Endy Edeson
Frank, It's a call for people to be responsible and do not allow minutes pleasure to ruin their lives
Olayemi Fathybaba
So my madam what should we do nw we d elders of diz clan well my advice 4u is to come bak in 7 market days by den we elders wuld av seen d high priest 2know wat #amdihoha wil do 2 sepp blatter plz accept our condolence. My elders hope av spoken ur mind☺☺
Olufemi Adekunle Rotty
Tired of these their 309 years sexual assault claims ,tired.