Juventus accounting case shifted from Turin to Rome court

A false accounting case in opposition to Juventus can be shifted from the soccer membership’s house metropolis of Turin to Rome on the request of defence attorneys, Italy’s Supreme Court stated late on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court’s determination, which got here after a closed door listening to, will decelerate the proceedings as a result of the file, in line with Italian regulation, will return to the investigation stage and despatched to the Rome prosecutors’ workplace.

A Turin decide in March began to look at whether or not former Juventus Chairman Andrea Agnelli, 11 different folks and the membership itself ought to face trial over allegations of false accounting at Italy’s most profitable staff.

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Lawyers for the defendants had argued that the case ought to have been transferred to Milan, the place the membership is listed on the inventory market, or Rome, whereas native prosecutors wished to maintain it in Turin.

Juventus have denied wrongdoing and stated their accounting is according to trade requirements.

Last December, prosecutors in Turin requested that the defendants face trial after investigating the membership’s accounting and statements made to monetary markets in three latest years.

The Turin felony investigation triggered separate inquiries by Italy’s soccer authorities which finally price Juventus a 10-point deduction up to now Serie A season, a 718,000 euro ($770,000) effective and a ban, determined by UEFA, from this season’s European competitions. ($1 = 0.9321 euros)