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Hernan Lopez

Hernan Lopez

Former CEO, Fox International Channels; defendant in FIFA TV rights case

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U.S. walks away from its flagship FIFA TV bribery case

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Convictions reinstated by appeals court in July 2025; DOJ now seeking to drop indictment

U.S. prosecutors spent years proving that Hernan Lopez, a former Fox International Channels CEO, and the sports marketing firm Full Play bribed South American soccer officials to lock down lucrative TV rights. A Brooklyn jury convicted them in 2023, a judge threw those convictions out, an appeals court revived them in July 2025β€”and now the government is telling the Supreme Court it wants the whole case dismissed in β€œthe interests of justice.”

Updated Dec 11, 2025