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Fifa details shocking sexual abuse in Haiti

May 21, 2020, Yves Jean-Bart, president of the Haitian Football Federation, wearing a protective face mask, arrives for a court hearing regarding allegations that he abused female athletes at the country's national training center, in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. [AP]

World football governing body alleges Jean-Bart allegedly raped girls as young as 14 and took “habitual mistresses” among players.

Fifa has released details of its investigation into systematic sexual abuse of female football players in Haiti, saying there were 14 alleged victims of the national federation’s president.

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