Upon leaving the Supreme Court of Justice, where the first trial session of Operation Lex, the former president of Benfica avoided speaking to journalists. This accused of improper receipt of advantage.
Luís Filipe Vieira, former president of Benfica, once again avoided speaking to journalists, as he left the court where the first session of the Benfica trial took place. . He just said he doesn’t know what he’s doing there.
“Talk to a lawyer (…). I don’t even know what I’m doing here”, he says.
Statements by Luís Filipe Vieira, accused of improper receipt of advantage, outside the Supreme Court of Justice, in Lisbon, where the first trial session of Operation Lex, whichstarted this Wednesday after about eight years.
O . A The next session is scheduled for next Tuesday morningwith the trial continuing at the Lisbon Military Court, in Campo de Santa Clara.
Operation Lex takes to court 16 defendantsincluding former judges Rui Rangel and Vaz das Neves and Luís Filipe Vieira.
The process became known on January 30, 2018, when five people were arrested and more than 30 searches were carried out.
The accusation by the Public Ministry (MP) was announced in September 2020 and focuses on the activity carried out by former judges Rui Rangel, Fátima Galante and Luís Vaz das Neves – who, according to the accusation, used their functions in the Lisbon Relationship to obtain undue advantagesfor themselves or for third parties, who concealed it.
Rui Rangel is accused of passive corruption for an illegal act, abuse of power, improper receipt of an advantage, usurpation of functions, tax fraud and document forgery and Fátima Galante of passive corruption for an illegal act, abuse of power, tax fraud and money laundering.
Vaz das Neves is responsible for passive corruption for illicit acts and abuse of power, while Luis Filipe Vieira, former president of Benfica, is accused of improperly receiving an advantage.
Football businessman José Veiga, court official Octávio Correia, lawyer José Santos Martins and his son Bernardo Santos Martins are some of the other defendants, as well as Bruna do Amaral, Rui Rangel’s ex-girlfriend.
With Lusa.
