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Nearly nine years after Italy’s biggest football scandal, the investigation has been closed with hardly any sentences given after charges were dropped against two former Juventus executives.Nearly nine years after Italy’s biggest football scandal, the investigation has been closed with hardly any sentences given after charges were dropped against two former Juventus executives.
Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo will not face jail for match-fixing after their prison sentences were eliminated by Italy’s highest court, which ruled on Monday that the statute of limitations had expired. After six hours of deliberations on Monday, the Court of Cassation upheld the prosecutor Gabriele Mazzotta’s recommendations, although the pair were not acquitted. Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo will not face jail for match-fixing after their prison sentences were eliminated by Italy’s highest court, which ruled on Monday that the statute of limitations had expired. After six hours of deliberations on Monday, the court of cassation upheld the prosecutor Gabriele Mazzotta’s recommendations, although the pair were not acquitted.
Moggi avoids a 28-month jail term, while Giraudo escapes 20 months in prison.Moggi avoids a 28-month jail term, while Giraudo escapes 20 months in prison.
At the heart of the 2006 match-fixing scandal, known as Calciopoli, were accusations that Moggi and Giraudo created a network of contacts with Italian football federation officials to influence refereeing assignments and arrange for key players in other teams to be booked ahead of matches with the Turin club.At the heart of the 2006 match-fixing scandal, known as Calciopoli, were accusations that Moggi and Giraudo created a network of contacts with Italian football federation officials to influence refereeing assignments and arrange for key players in other teams to be booked ahead of matches with the Turin club.
Juventus were stripped of the 2005 and 2006 Serie A titles for their role in the scandal, and the club were relegated to the second division with a nine-point penalty. The team immediately won promotion back to Serie A.Juventus were stripped of the 2005 and 2006 Serie A titles for their role in the scandal, and the club were relegated to the second division with a nine-point penalty. The team immediately won promotion back to Serie A.
Moggi was sentenced to five years, four months in the initial ruling in the case but that had been reduced on appeal, while Giraudo had his sentence cut from 36 months.Moggi was sentenced to five years, four months in the initial ruling in the case but that had been reduced on appeal, while Giraudo had his sentence cut from 36 months.
In 2011, the Italian football federation extended the five-year bans for Moggi and Giraudo to life terms. Both men deny wrongdoing.In 2011, the Italian football federation extended the five-year bans for Moggi and Giraudo to life terms. Both men deny wrongdoing.
The former referee designator Pierluigi Pairetto and the former Italian football federation vice-president Innocenzo Mazzini also had their sentences eliminated, while the former referees Paolo Bertini and Antonio Dattilo were acquitted.The former referee designator Pierluigi Pairetto and the former Italian football federation vice-president Innocenzo Mazzini also had their sentences eliminated, while the former referees Paolo Bertini and Antonio Dattilo were acquitted.
Another former referee, Massimo De Santis, was the only one not to see his sentence wiped out, and his appeal against his one-year suspended sentence was rejected.Another former referee, Massimo De Santis, was the only one not to see his sentence wiped out, and his appeal against his one-year suspended sentence was rejected.