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Juve case, silent scene of the first suspects

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In the investigation on capital gains, Re and Bertola avail themselves of the right not to answer: “But it’s a technical question”

TURIN. The first two suspects for Juventus’ capital gains avail themselves of the right not to answer. They are Emilio Re and Stefano Bertola. Both, after last Friday’s searches, had been summoned by the prosecutors in their capacity as former manager of the Juventus club. The defender, the lawyer Luigi Chiappero, explains the choice with the need for “reflection”. «The issues on the table – he says – are of an eminently technical nature. If there are clarifications to be given, they will be given. But first you need to know the content of the disputes. And we, at the moment, do not know him ».

The prosecutor will have to file the papers only in the event of an appeal to the court for review by the suspects. The hearing of a character who is considered an important figure in investigative circles is also destined to skip: that of the lawyer Cesare Gabasio, not investigated, Juventus general counsel for some months in direct contact with the president Andrea Agnelli. Sue are some of the conversations intercepted by the financial police. But the judges took a step back when they learned that the company has appointed him “legal representative” as part of the administrative procedure for the indictment. Listening to him as a simple witness, therefore, is not allowed. Even if it is possible to proceed, according to legal sources, provided that another lawyer is placed alongside him.

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However, the mosaic built by the prosecutor is on the verge of being completed. Only a few pieces are missing. The main one is specialist advice. It is not a question of examining the value of the players or understanding why X was traded with Y for this or that figure. The expert, who will probably be the accountant Enrico Stasi, will only have to examine the financial statements, assessing the correct location of the items and dealing with any adjustments. In fact, the investigators are not targeting all the capital gains recorded by Juventus between 2019 and 2021. They are the 282 million (out of a total of about 320) of capital gains that the prosecutors consider “fictitious”, disconnected from actual revenues, artfully matured with the aim of masking operating losses. But this too is a point on which the defense promises battle. «The legislation – anticipates the lawyer Chiappero – in 2015 changed. An evaluation, taken by itself, is not a crime. Operators are left with a great deal of discretion. If we then have to discuss the reason why a document has been drawn up in a certain way, we will discuss it by providing all the necessary clarifications ».

Prosecutors Ciro Santoriello, Marco Gianoglio and Mario Bendoni, who began to investigate last summer, made use of numerous interceptions, but in legal circles close to Juventus retort, in this regard, that “in certain trials they are useful but in others are not and, in any case, taken alone are not enough ».

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