Fifa appeal CAS overturning of ex-Haiti football boss’s lifetime ban

Fifa has appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal after sport’s highest court CAS annulled a lifetime ban on ex-Haitian football federation president Yves Jean-Bart yesterday. Fifa had investigated the allegations against Jean-Bart by victims, their friends and family members which detailed how he coerced girls into sex by threatening they would lose their places in […]

Fifa has appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal after sport’s highest court CAS annulled a lifetime ban on ex-Haitian football federation president Yves Jean-Bart yesterday.

Fifa had investigated the allegations against Jean-Bart by victims, their friends and family members which detailed how he coerced girls into sex by threatening they would lose their places in national team programmes.

Fifa appeal CAS overturning of ex-Haiti football boss’s lifetime ban

Fifa appeal CAS overturning of ex-Haiti football boss’s lifetime ban

Jean-Bart, now 75, denied the allegations and was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Haitian justice system on November 19 2020.

However, the following day Fifa banned him for life and fined him one million Swiss francs ($1.08 million) after finding him guilty of sexually harassing and abusing multiple female players, including minors.