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==Sexual assault allegation== In November 2017, American goalkeeper [[Hope Solo]] accused Blatter of sexual assault at the [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]] awards in 2013. During an interview with the Portuguese newspaper ''Expresso'', Solo stated she "had Sepp Blatter grab my ass" just before the two presented an award together to [[Abby Wambach]].<ref name="Conn">{{cite news|last1=Conn|first1=David|last2=Marques|first2=Nelson|title=Hope Solo accuses Sepp Blatter of sexual assault at awards ceremony|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/10/hope-solo-sepp-blatter-fifa-sexual-assault-accusation|access-date=11 November 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 November 2017|archive-date=12 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112031906/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/10/hope-solo-sepp-blatter-fifa-sexual-assault-accusation|url-status=live}}</ref> She stated she "was in shock and completely thrown off. I had to quickly pull myself together to present my team-mate with the biggest award of her career and celebrate with her in that moment, so I completely shifted my focus to Abby."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/hope-solo-sepp-blatter-sexual-assault-awards-ceremony-allegations-claims-latest-a8049116.html|title=Hope Solo has accused Sepp Blatter of sexually assaulting her at an awards ceremony|date=10 November 2017|website=The Independent|access-date=31 December 2019|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231171502/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/hope-solo-sepp-blatter-sexual-assault-awards-ceremony-allegations-claims-latest-a8049116.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Blatter's spokesman Thomas Renggli stated "This allegation is ridiculous."<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Sepp Blatter: Hope Solo accuses ex-Fifa president of sexual harassment|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41950198|access-date=11 November 2017|publisher=BBC|date=10 November 2017|archive-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111020349/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41950198|url-status=live}}</ref>
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