A false accounting case in opposition to Juventus could possibly be shifted from the membership’s dwelling metropolis of Turin to both Milan or Rome on the request of defence legal professionals, judicial and authorized sources mentioned on Wednesday.
Judge Marco Picco has requested Italy’s high courtroom to resolve on the request in a transfer that can decelerate proceedings.
The decide held a primary listening to behind closed doorways in March to begin to study whether or not former Juventus Chairman Andrea Agnelli, 11 different individuals and the membership itself ought to face trial over allegations of false accounting at Italy’s most profitable soccer group.
Lawyers for the defendants argued that the case must be transferred to Milan, the place the membership is listed on the inventory market, or Rome whereas native prosecutors wish to maintain it in Turin.
Italy’s highest courtroom just isn’t certain decide in any particular time-frame and authorized and judicial sources say it might take months.
A switch to a different venue would end in a substantial delay to the proceedings, as a result of the case information, based on Italian legislation, must be despatched to the brand new metropolis’s prosecutors and the method transfer again a number of steps.
If the case stays in Turin, the following listening to is not going to be till Oct. 26.
Last December, prosecutors 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 has triggered a separate inquiry by Italy’s soccer authorities which initially resulted in a 15-point deduction for Juventus this season. That was overturned pending a brand new listening to by the soccer authorities.
Juventus has denied wrongdoing and mentioned its accounting is in step with trade requirements.
