Eva Kaili, the Greek MEP implicated in a high-profile corruption scandal involving Qatar, “was unaware of the existence of the money” found in her Brussels home, her lawyer, Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, said Tuesday.
The elected, stripped of her position as vice-president of the European Parliament, has “no relation to the money found in her house (…) she did not know of the existence of that money,” said Michalis Dimitrakopoulos during an interview. in her office in Athens.
He reaffirmed that his client was “innocent” when bags full of banknotes worth 150,000 euros were discovered in his Brussels apartment, according to a Belgian judicial source.
Your fellow prisoner
You swore, who is entertained by many reprises with Eva Kaili incarcerated after Sunday in Bruxelles, to souligné that “seul are compagnon (l’Italien Francesco Giorgi avec qui elle vivait)” pouvait fournir “des réponses sur l’existence de cet money”.
Francesco Giorgi is one of the other three people imprisoned in this investigation into this scandal that has plagued the European authorities and has caused commotion throughout Europe and in particular in Greece.
The 44-year-old socialist-elect is suspected of having been paid by Doha to defend the interests of the emirate that is currently hosting the World Cup.
“False Rumors”
Qatar has strongly denied the accusations, but a judicial source confirmed that Belgian investigators were highly suspicious of the country. Michalis Dimitrakopoulos also indicated that “tomorrow (Wednesday)” Eva Kaili “would ask for her release” from the judicial authorities in Brussels.
“She is not a fugitive or a suspect in any other crime,” the lawyer added, saying he hopes his client will be released on parole.
He vehemently dismissed “false rumors” that Eva Kaili had taken bribes from Qatar.
“She will fight to prove her innocence,” he assured, “and to inform her fellow MEPs (…) that the link between her name and alleged corruption by Qatar or any other country or Gulf state is totally unrealistic,” he said. .
Source: BFM TV
