British comedian known as Lee Nelson holds banknotes in front of FIFA President Sepp Blatter (L) at a news conference after the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
ZURICH (Reuters) - The British comedian who showered FIFA president Sepp Blatter with fake dollar bills has been charged by Swiss police after being arrested and interrogated, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
Simon Brodkin, who performs as the character Lee Nelson, was taken away by police from the headquarters of football's world governing body after Blatter's security escorted him out of the press conference room where he carried out the stunt on Monday.
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