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[^2]\n\nFIFA accused UEFA of launching a smear campaign against FIFA and its leadership in a court filing on Thursday in the US District Court in Colorado. [^3]\n\nFIFA argued that UEFA lacks the authority to initiate foreign criminal proceedings and that the FIFA Forward Enterprise was merely a proposal requiring majority member association support. [^4]\n\nUEFA alleges that FIFA President Gianni Infantino engaged in criminal mismanagement and set unfair prices for his own benefit in the FIFA Forward Enterprise scheme. [^5]\n\nUEFA filed legal documents in the United States seeking access to FIFA's documents as part of a potential criminal case in Switzerland. [^6]\n\nFIFA filed a motion to intervene in U.S. District Court in Colorado asking that the discovery process be deferred or dropped regarding UEFA's requests for evidence. [^7]\n\nFIFA withdrew the proposal on Aug. 1, just days after it was made public, after intense pushback. [^8]\n\nThrive Capital Management was involved in Infantino's FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity for $4.2 billion. [^9]\n\nFIFA President Gianni Infantino proposed a plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and other competitions for $4.2 billion, which was withdrawn on August 1 after intense pushback. [^10]\n\nUEFA filed requests for discovery of evidence in three US courts, including the Southern District of New York, seeking documents from Josh Kushner and his firm Thrive Capital Management. [^11]\n\nThe dispute centers on FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), a proposal to sell private-equity stakes in the World Cup and other competitions that was withdrawn on August 1. 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