João Medeiros, Benfica’s lawyer and one of Rui Pinto’s targets in the Football Leaks case, said on Monday that the 15,000 euros in damages awarded to him by the court will be donated to the Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO).
After the verdict of the Lisbon Central Criminal Court jury was announced, sentencing the Football Leaks creator to a suspended sentence of four years in prison (in addition to a two-year suspended sentence for co-suspect Aníbal Pinto), the lawyer said – who saw that due to the action of Rui Pinto, his email inbox was published in full on the blog Mercado de Benfica – that it was not the money that was at stake in the situation he was experiencing.
“The compensation… for what I have experienced, there is no money at stake. I would like to make it very clear, and this is stated in the compensation request, that any amount I receive will benefit the pediatric activities of the IPO. wing and not my favor. I don’t want any money from this gentleman”he told reporters.
João Medeiros also said that he was not satisfied “with the evil of others”, but remembered that ‘people must be held accountable for their actions’ and commended the court for reflecting this in the criminal consequences of Rui Pinto’s actions. On the other hand, he explained that he will still have to analyze the verdict and pardon of some crimes under the amnesty law adopted in the context of World Youth Day.
“Justice? This is very relative. There are some technical issues that I need to discuss with my lawyer, Dr. Tiago Rodrigues Bastos, namely those related to the fact that the aggravation of some crimes has been removed. If that were not to happen, The consequence would have been different, because they would not have been able to benefit from the amnesty law. We will talk about it in time, it is not for now”In summary.
Rui Pinto was sentenced on Monday to a single prison term of four years, with suspended execution. The court found the creator of Football Leaks guilty of the crimes of attempted extortion from the Doyen investment fund, three crimes of aggravated correspondence tampering with lawyers João Medeiros, Rui Costa Pereira and Inês Almeida Costa and five of unlawful access to Doyen , Sporting. Portuguese Football Federation, law firm PLMJ and the Office of the Attorney General.
Source: DN
