Neymar is acquitted of accusations of fraud in his recruitment by Barça

“The Hearing acquits Neymar and the others prosecuted for private corruption and fraud”, announced the Barcelona court in a statement on the decision published this Tuesday (13), which acquits all those accused by the Brazilian investment fund DIS.

The acquittal is good news for Ney, as a few days ago the Brazilian team was eliminated by Croatia in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar.

On the penultimate day of the hearings, the MP dropped all charges against the defendants, which previously could have resulted in two years in prison and a fine of 10 million euros for the athlete.

The judges stated in their ruling that “from the evidence presented there is no indication that the player was offered a bribe and/or that he demanded to be hired by FC Barcelona. The prosecution makes deductions that are nothing more than mere suspicion. These are not signs of criminality.”

In addition to Neymar and his parents, two former Barça presidents – Sandro Rosell and Josep María Bar – were also acquitted in the process, initiated by the DIS seven years ago.tomeu – and the former president of Santos Odilio Rodrigues Filho, as well as Barcelona itself, the Brazilian club and the company that manages the striker's career.

The process

The Brazilian investment fund, which owned 40% of Neymar's federative rights when he was still a promessa do Santos, went to Spanish court in 2015 and accused Barça, the player and his family – and later also the São Paulo club – of lying to hide the true value of the million-dollar transfer.

DIS also claimed not to have been informed about an alleged exclusive contract signed in 2011 with Barça, which would have harmed free competition for the signing of the then promising striker.

(With AFP)

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