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GENEVA. — Envy and hatred among the media is what ruined FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s reputation, his daughter said on Sunday in an interview published by the Swiss newspaper Blick.

“The media ruined his reputation. Why are they picking on him? What did he do to them? I don’t know,” said Corinne Blatter, who was a top advisor to her father as he rose the ranks of world football’s governing body.

“It’s not just envy. It’s hatred,” she was quoted as saying.

Blatter became engulfed in the worst-ever scandal at FIFA last month when Swiss prosecutors opened a criminal investigation against him over mismanagement. “I am shocked that he is accused of criminal acts. My father is not a criminal,” Corinne Blatter told the paper, according to a version of the interview posted online. — AFP.