I will never progress to the centre and he will never lift a finger

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I will never progress to the centre and he will never lift a finger

At the last report by the investigatory chamber, the panel heard statements from two alleged victims of Jean-Bart, among whom detailed her experiences after being chosen to play for Haiti Under-17s. "President Yves Jean-Bart called me on the FIFA Mobile Coins telephone to ask me to come and see him," she explained. "When he arrived he gave me a bunch of underwear. I said'thank you' and when it was time to leave offered me to remain together in his area. He advised me to remain with him and pulled me towards him. And back at the centre, it was like I exist in the opinion of everyone."

Another alleged victim explained when she needed to sit next to Jean-Bart in the back of a car. "And I always pushed him away to leave me alone. From this day on, every time he sees me to the court he never quits telling me that I will never progress to the centre and he will never lift a finger in my favour to help me in anything."

The Fifpro report alleged that there was"sufficient evidence" to suggest the centre"has been used as enticement for small soccer players coming from poor backgrounds that were groomed and threatened into sexual abuse".

Fifa's three-person panel was also of the opinion that the allegations of sexual abuse"appear to function as a more cooperate/cartel organisation".

Jean-Bart has consistently protested his innocence and final month reiterated in a Daily Mail meeting his plan to take his case into the court of arbitration for sport. He argued in his closing oral statement to the panel that"in Haiti there's no'culture of rape' or of sexual abuse". But the panel found that his claim the FHF was"being robbed as a result of this'plot' against him" was"very difficult to conceive".

"In short, the panel believes that the final report prepared by the investigatory room relies on strong evidence, gathered from different sources... as well as reputed media outlets [such] as the Guardian and the New York Times. In the view of this panel, after examining such evidence, as well as the position expressed by Mr Jean-Bart, it is Cheap FIFA Coins highly implausible, and even hopeless, such a diverse group of individuals and entities, from throughout the world, could be involved, let alone design, a very intricate and in depth plot, by providing comprehensive, congruent and consistent testimony, at various levels and times throughout the investigation performed by the Fifa ethics committee"

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