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Francisco J. Marques and Diogo Faria
The Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) upheld virtually all decisions of the Email Process Appeal; And FC Porto was sentenced to pay almost 770,000 euros to Benfica.
O FC Porto was sentenced to pay 605,300.90 euros to Benficaplus default interest, in the amount of approximately 164 thousand euros, ie almost 769.300,90 euros.
The decision was known this Monday, Jorge Nuno’s day Pinto da Costain a case where the former dragon president was also involved.
The defendants Futebol Clube do Porto, Futebol Clube do Porto, SAD, FCP Media, SA, Avenida dos Aliados – Communication Society, SA, Francisco J. Marques, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Fernando Gomes, and Adelino Caldeira had appealed to the STJ, whose decision is not subject to appeal.
In May, the STJ decided to recalculate the compensation Paying for FC Porto, nullifying the initial decision that pointed to one million euros. At that time, Pinto da Costa, Adelino Caldeira and Fernando Gomes were acquitted.
End result
The case of disclosure of emails dates back to 2017 e 2018with communications between elements linked to the structure of Benfica and third parties to be revealed in the program ‘Universe Porto – Da Bench’, by Porto Canal.
It all started when Francisco J. Marques who, allegedly, indicated a favoring scheme From arbitration to Benfica.
In this program, the Dragon Communication Director read an alleged exchange of emails between Pedro Guerraformer content director of Benfica TV, and the former referee Adão Mendesreferring to the 2013/2014 season.
In addition, Francisco J. Marques revealed that Luís Filipe Vieira -At the time, president of Benfica-was referred to in emails as “The Prime Minister”while the referees were designated as “parents”.
This year, the Luz Club took forward against the FC Porto Communication Director.
The first court decision was, when FC Porto and Francisco J. Marques were ordered to pay about two million euros to Benfica SAD, which claimed 17.7 million compensation.
