Disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter sensationally had a bundle of fake banknotes thrown over him by a comedian who gatecrashed his press conference in Zurich today.
Englishman Simon Brodkin - also known as Jason Bent as well as Lee Nelson - calmly walked up to Blatter's position behind a table at the front of the stage and placed a sum of money on the table and said: ‘This is for North Korea 2026’.
He then turned to address the press while Blatter waved urgently at security guards to take him away before later announcing he would not stand for another term as FIFA president in the new elections.
They duly arrived either side of Brodkin, but before they could remove him he threw a huge bundle of notes into the air, which rained down around the out-going president of football's governing body.
Brodkin, a renowned comedian, has made his name performing numerous pranks under various alter-ego guises.
Last year he invaded the stage during a Stereo Kicks’ X-Factor performance and attempted to join the England players on their flight to the World Cup in Brazil.
Blatter was speaking after the date for the vote on his replacement was announced as February 26 next year.
As Blatter took his seat, performer Simon Brodkin rose from a front-row spot to speak and shower the FIFA president with the fake money bills before he was ushered out of the auditorium at FIFA headquarters.
Blatter said he would leave the room because 'we have to clean here first.' 'This has nothing to do with football,' said Blatter, who returned within a few minutes and quipped about the incident.
'I just called my late mother and she said, `Don't worry, it's just a lack of education,'' he said.
Shortly after the stunt, Brodkin tweeted a photo of himself gatecrashing the event from the account @Jason9Bent, with the message: 'Excited to be at FIFA meeting Sepp Blatter to secure the #NorthKorea2026 World Cup."
HOW FIFA SCANDAL HAS UNFOLDED UNDER SEPP BLATTER SINCE 2010
December 2010 - Russia is awarded the 2018 World Cup and Qatar gets the 2022 hosting rights, days after the BBC broadcasts a Panorama expose of FIFA.
February 2011 - FIFA's ethics committee upheld three-year and one-year bans imposed respectively upon executive committee members Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii for breaches of FIFA's code of ethics following a Sunday Times investigation into wrongdoing during the World Cup 2018 and 2022 bidding campaigns.
May 2011 - FIFA suspends presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam and vice-president Jack Warner pending an investigation into claims they offered financial incentives to members of the Caribbean Football Union. It drops a complaint against Blatter.
The Qatar 2022 team deny any wrongdoing with their winning bid, saying their name has been 'dragged through the mud for no reason'.
June 2011 - Bin Hammam is found guilty of bribery and banned from all international and national football activity for life. Warner escapes investigation after resigning from his position.
July 2012 - FIFA commissions a report into allegations of corruption in world football which is led by former US attorney and newly appointed head of FIFA'S ethics committee Michael Garcia.
June 2014 - The Sunday Times reports it has received 'hundreds of millions' of documents which it claims reveal that disgraced former FIFA executive committee member Bin Hammam had made payments to football officials in return for votes for Qatar.
September 2014 - Garcia completes his 430-page report into corruption allegations and sends it to FIFA.
November 2014 - Hans-Joachim Eckert, chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's independent ethics committee, publishes a 42-page summary of Garcia's investigation, effectively confirming Russia and Qatar as World Cup hosts after finding breaches by them were 'of very limited scope'.
FIFA lodges a criminal complaint with the Swiss attorney general over 'possible misconduct' by individuals but insists the investigation into the bidding process for the two World Cups is concluded. Garcia calls the summary 'incomplete and erroneous' and launches an appeal against it.
December 2014 - Garcia loses his appeal against Eckert's review of his report and resigns as FIFA's independent ethics investigator, criticising FIFA's 'lack of leadership' and saying he cannot change the culture of the world governing body.
FIFA executives agree to publish a 'legally appropriate version' of the report. This has yet to happen.
May 2015 - Seven FIFA officials are arrested in dawn raids at a hotel in Zurich. They are later charged by US authorities along with two other FIFA officials and five corporate executives over allegations of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies spanning 24 years.
They are accused of breeding decades of 'rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted' corruption within FIFA by the US justice department.
The Swiss authorities raid FIFA headquarters, gathering data and documents for their separate investigation into allegations of criminal mismanagement and money laundering in connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.
A bomb threat is made at FIFA's congress in Zurich, while two pro-Palestine demonstrators are ejected.
The Serious Fraud Office says it is actively assessing 'material in its possession' relating to the FIFA corruption allegations revealed by the FBI.
Blatter is re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term after his challenger, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, withdraws during a second round of voting.
Football Association vice-chairman David Gill rejects a place on FIFA's executive committee under Blatter. Independent FA director Heather Rabbatts later resigns from FIFA's anti-discrimination task force.
June 2, 2015 - A letter reveals the South African FA asked FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke to authorise a 10million dollar payment to Warner to support football in the Caribbean.
Blatter announces he is to resign as FIFA president.
Englishman Simon Brodkin - also known as Jason Bent as well as Lee Nelson - calmly walked up to Blatter's position behind a table at the front of the stage and placed a sum of money on the table and said: ‘This is for North Korea 2026’.
He then turned to address the press while Blatter waved urgently at security guards to take him away before later announcing he would not stand for another term as FIFA president in the new elections.
They duly arrived either side of Brodkin, but before they could remove him he threw a huge bundle of notes into the air, which rained down around the out-going president of football's governing body.
Brodkin, a renowned comedian, has made his name performing numerous pranks under various alter-ego guises.
Last year he invaded the stage during a Stereo Kicks’ X-Factor performance and attempted to join the England players on their flight to the World Cup in Brazil.
Blatter was speaking after the date for the vote on his replacement was announced as February 26 next year.
As Blatter took his seat, performer Simon Brodkin rose from a front-row spot to speak and shower the FIFA president with the fake money bills before he was ushered out of the auditorium at FIFA headquarters.
Blatter said he would leave the room because 'we have to clean here first.' 'This has nothing to do with football,' said Blatter, who returned within a few minutes and quipped about the incident.
'I just called my late mother and she said, `Don't worry, it's just a lack of education,'' he said.
Shortly after the stunt, Brodkin tweeted a photo of himself gatecrashing the event from the account @Jason9Bent, with the message: 'Excited to be at FIFA meeting Sepp Blatter to secure the #NorthKorea2026 World Cup."
December 2010 - Russia is awarded the 2018 World Cup and Qatar gets the 2022 hosting rights, days after the BBC broadcasts a Panorama expose of FIFA.
February 2011 - FIFA's ethics committee upheld three-year and one-year bans imposed respectively upon executive committee members Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii for breaches of FIFA's code of ethics following a Sunday Times investigation into wrongdoing during the World Cup 2018 and 2022 bidding campaigns.
May 2011 - FIFA suspends presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam and vice-president Jack Warner pending an investigation into claims they offered financial incentives to members of the Caribbean Football Union. It drops a complaint against Blatter.
The Qatar 2022 team deny any wrongdoing with their winning bid, saying their name has been 'dragged through the mud for no reason'.
June 2011 - Bin Hammam is found guilty of bribery and banned from all international and national football activity for life. Warner escapes investigation after resigning from his position.
July 2012 - FIFA commissions a report into allegations of corruption in world football which is led by former US attorney and newly appointed head of FIFA'S ethics committee Michael Garcia.
June 2014 - The Sunday Times reports it has received 'hundreds of millions' of documents which it claims reveal that disgraced former FIFA executive committee member Bin Hammam had made payments to football officials in return for votes for Qatar.
September 2014 - Garcia completes his 430-page report into corruption allegations and sends it to FIFA.
November 2014 - Hans-Joachim Eckert, chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's independent ethics committee, publishes a 42-page summary of Garcia's investigation, effectively confirming Russia and Qatar as World Cup hosts after finding breaches by them were 'of very limited scope'.
FIFA lodges a criminal complaint with the Swiss attorney general over 'possible misconduct' by individuals but insists the investigation into the bidding process for the two World Cups is concluded. Garcia calls the summary 'incomplete and erroneous' and launches an appeal against it.
December 2014 - Garcia loses his appeal against Eckert's review of his report and resigns as FIFA's independent ethics investigator, criticising FIFA's 'lack of leadership' and saying he cannot change the culture of the world governing body.
FIFA executives agree to publish a 'legally appropriate version' of the report. This has yet to happen.
May 2015 - Seven FIFA officials are arrested in dawn raids at a hotel in Zurich. They are later charged by US authorities along with two other FIFA officials and five corporate executives over allegations of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies spanning 24 years.
They are accused of breeding decades of 'rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted' corruption within FIFA by the US justice department.
The Swiss authorities raid FIFA headquarters, gathering data and documents for their separate investigation into allegations of criminal mismanagement and money laundering in connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.
A bomb threat is made at FIFA's congress in Zurich, while two pro-Palestine demonstrators are ejected.
The Serious Fraud Office says it is actively assessing 'material in its possession' relating to the FIFA corruption allegations revealed by the FBI.
Blatter is re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term after his challenger, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, withdraws during a second round of voting.
Football Association vice-chairman David Gill rejects a place on FIFA's executive committee under Blatter. Independent FA director Heather Rabbatts later resigns from FIFA's anti-discrimination task force.
June 2, 2015 - A letter reveals the South African FA asked FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke to authorise a 10million dollar payment to Warner to support football in the Caribbean.
Blatter announces he is to resign as FIFA president.
Music : Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod
Source : DailyMail , SkyNews
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