2026-08-27 12:55:29 美东夏令时 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
欧洲足球管理机构正请求美国一家联邦法院批准其获取国际足联在佛罗里达州相关实体的证词和文件，以便用于针对身陷舆论漩涡的国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺的计划中的刑事诉讼。
在周四提交的法庭文件中，欧足联表示，正准备在瑞士法院就因凡蒂诺可能存在的财务管理不当行为提起刑事诉讼，相关问题涉及他此前提出的将未来世界杯收益出售给私人投资者的失败计划，其中包括约书亚·库什纳创立的一家公司。
这项现已放弃的计划原本打算将男女足世界杯以及俱乐部世界杯相关的商业权益，转入一家名为“国际足联前进企业”的新子公司。
欧足联称，已向佛罗里达南区联邦地区法院提出申请，请求授权针对在迈阿密科勒尔盖布尔斯设有办事处的国际足联展开“外国诉讼程序”中的证据开示。
该机构还表示，已向曼哈顿一家法院提交文件，请求对由库什纳创立的纽约投资基金塞弗资本管理公司开展证据开示，以获取潜在证据。
库什纳是特朗普总统的女婿贾里德·库什纳的弟弟。本月早些时候，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻报道称，约书亚·库什纳和前华特迪士尼公司首席执行官鲍勃·艾格已达成协议，将以125亿美元收购洛杉矶湖人队股份，知情消息人士告诉CBS洛杉矶分社。
与此同时，因凡蒂诺与特朗普的密切关系在今年夏天由美国、墨西哥和加拿大联合举办的世界杯期间一直受到审视。
塞弗资本和库什纳原本将作为主力投资者，计划向国际足联支付42亿美元，以收购将运营国际足联包括世界杯在内的商业赛事的子公司20%的股份。
欧足联的律师在美联社看到的一份56页的文件中写道：“欧足联及其法律顾问正考虑根据《瑞士刑法典》第158条，对因凡蒂诺以及可能的其他国际足联官员提起瑞士刑事诉讼，指控其刑事管理不当。”
该文件指出，42亿美元的价格可能是“因凡蒂诺为谋取自身利益而鼓吹的欺诈性非市场价格”。
欧足联是首个对因凡蒂诺的计划做出反应的机构，曾威胁将抵制国际足联赞助的赛事，其中包括下一届将由欧洲和非洲联合举办的男足世界杯。目前的世界杯冠军西班牙队属于欧足联会员协会。
8月1日，因凡蒂诺的高级顾问（曾在白宫一个委员会任职）辞职，同时亚洲足球管理机构与欧美一同反对该计划，因凡蒂诺被迫取消了这项方案。
欧足联曾发表措辞激烈的声明，表示对因凡蒂诺在国际足联的领导失去信心，并于8月3日首次威胁将采取法律行动，警告国际足联不得销毁或隐藏任何与该计划相关的“相关材料”。
“因凡蒂诺声称该计划将‘释放国际足联拥有的商业潜力和机遇’，”欧足联律师在法庭文件中表示，“但实际上，这只是因凡蒂诺及其小圈子的工具，旨在获取国际足联最宝贵资产的永久股份并从中获利，损害国际足联、其会员协会以及足球大家庭其他成员的利益。”
“根据因凡蒂诺公布的条款，这些投资者只需支付42亿美元，就能获得国际足联商业部门的永久财务权益，这意味着企业估值仅约200亿美元，低得离谱，而且这个数字既不是公开竞争性拍卖的结果，也未经过任何独立估值机构的评估。”
国际足联和塞弗资本的发言人尚未回应置评请求。
UEFA preparing criminal complaint against FIFA’s Infantino, asks U.S. courts for FIFA documents
2026-08-27 12:55:29 EDT / CBS/AP
Europe’s soccer governing body is asking a U.S. federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida that it could use in a planned criminal complaint against embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
In a court filing on Thursday, UEFA said it is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against Infantino over possible financial mismanagement related to his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors, including a company founded by Joshua Kushner.
The now-abandoned plan sought to transfer commercial rights linked to men’s and women’s World Cups and the Club World Cup into a new subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
UEFA said it filed a request in the southern Florida district court for authorization of discovery “in a foreign proceeding” against FIFA, which has offices in Miami’s Coral Gables neighborhood.
The organization also said it filed documents in a Manhattan court requesting discovery of potential evidence from the New York investment fund Thrive Capital Management, founded by Kushner.
Kushner is the younger brother of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law. Earlier this month, CBS News reported that Joshua Kushner and former Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger have agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers franchise. The fee is $12.5 billion, sources familiar with the deal told CBS Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, Infantino’s closerelationship with Mr. Trump drew scrutinythroughout this summer’sWorld Cup, which was hosted jointly by the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Thrive and Kushner were to be the anchor investors intending to pay FIFA $4.2 billion for a 20% stake in a subsidiary that would run the soccer body’s commercial events, including the World Cup.
“UEFA and its counsel are contemplating a Swiss criminal proceeding against Infantino and possibly other FIFA officials for criminal mismanagement under Article 158 of the Swiss Criminal Code,” UEFA’s lawyers state in a 56-page document seen by The Associated Press.
The document suggests the $4.2 billion figure could be a “fraudulently off-market price promoted by Infantino for his own benefit.”
UEFA was the first to react to Infantino’s plan, threatening to boycott any FIFA-sponsored competitions, which would have included the next men’s World Cup, which will be hosted in Europe and Africa. Spain, which is a UEFA member team, is the current holder of the World Cup title.
Infantino was forced toscrap the plan on Aug. 1after his senior adviser, who sat on a White House panel, resigned and Asia’s soccer body joined Europe and North America in opposing it.
UEFA, which issued a blistering statement saying it had lost confidence in Infantino’s leadership at FIFA, first threatened to take legal action on Aug. 3 when it warned FIFA against destroying or hiding any “relevant materials” related to the plan.
“Infantino claimed that the plan would ‘unleash the commercial potential and opportunity that FIFA has,’” UEFA lawyers told the courts. “In truth, it was a vehicle for Infantino and that small circle to acquire a permanent stake in and otherwise profit from FIFA’s most valuable assets to the detriment of FIFA, its members, and other parties within the football family.
“Under the terms Infantino announced, those investors stood to acquire a permanent financial interest in FIFA’s commercial arm for $4.2 billion, implying an absurdly low enterprise value of only approximately $20 billion, a figure that was neither the product of an open, competitive auction, nor tested by any independent valuer.”
Spokespeople for FIFA and Thrive have not responded to requests for comment.
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