Split verdict for ex-Fox execs in soccer rights bribe case

Former CEO of Fox International Channels was convicted by a Brooklyn federal jury. Pic: YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images

A former Fox executive was convicted Thursday of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to nab broadcasting rights to the World Cup and other top soccer matches. A second ex-executive was acquitted.

A Brooklyn federal jury deliberated four days before returning the verdicts. Hernan Lopez, the former CEO of Fox International Channels, was convicted. Carlos Martinez, who headed the Latin America affiliate, was acquitted.