Football Leaks creator refuses to give more declarations
Rui Pinto began making statements to the panel of judges trying him on September 4, 2020 in a case in which he is charged with a total of 90 offences.
The creator of the electronic platform Football Leaks, Rui Pinto, refused to make any more statements in court on Monday after four sessions in which he spoke to the panel of judges.
Rui Pinto began making statements to the panel of judges trying him on September 4, 2020 in a case in which he is charged with a total of 90 offences.
At the beginning of today’s session, after the defendant’s intention was known, Doyen’s lawyer requested the reproduction and valuation of the statements made before the criminal investigation judge on March 22, 2019.
Francisco Teixeira da Mota, Rui Pinto’s lawyer, opposed the reproduction but will go to the valuation of the statements, in which there are some contradictions between those given in the trial and in the previous procedural phase.
Rui Pinto, 34 years old, answers for a total of 90 crimes: 68 of undue access, 14 of violation of correspondence, and six of illegitimate access, targeting entities such as Sporting, Doyen, the law firm PLMJ, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), and also for computer sabotage to the SAD of Sporting and extortion, in attempted form. The latter crime concerns Doyen and also led to the indictment of the lawyer Aníbal Pinto.
The creator of Football Leaks has been free since August 7, 2020, “due to his cooperation” with the Judicial Police (PJ), but is, for security reasons, inserted in the witness protection programme in an undisclosed location and under police protection.
