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Luís Filipe Vieira, president of Benfica, yesterday saw the prosecutor file an accusation against him in the framework of Operation Lex, for a crime of improper receipt of advantage in co-authorship with Fernando Tavares, friend and vice president of the eagles club between 2003 and 2008, and in the current legislature, and with the lawyer Jorge Barroso. The crime of unduly obtaining advantages, according to the Penal Code, is punishable by imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of up to 360 days.
Luís Filipe Vieira did not speak (he even made a statement towards the end of the match in Famalicão, where he saw the Reds debut in the League, but this did not happen). Instead, António Cunha Vaz, advisor to “citizen Luís Filipe Vieira”, reacted in this process and not to the president of Benfica, who insisted on separating.
He called on the press to ensure that the investigation “made several mistakes”, even described it as a “ridiculous case”, and guaranteed that Luís Filipe Vieira “never asked favors” directly from then-judge Rui Rangel, “nor did he make any payment” .
“In the prosecution, Mr. Luís Filipe Vieira is not accused of having paid anything to anyone.” The prosecution points out that Rangel “received tickets for three games, two of which were in 2014, that is, before the events described in the case.” Those two games were a trip to Monaco and the other to Turin, for the final of the Europa League, against Sevilla … “which the investigation mistook for a Champions League final”.
«Luís Filipe Vieira is accused and will defend himself as he has the right. There is a great use of the image of Luís Filipe Vieira and many interested people who were accused. And you forget the many good things you did, ”said Cunha Vaz.
