The accused head of Madrid tennis promised to resign if irregularities were found in his administration.

This is stated in a letter sent in mid-2021 to all club presidents in the Community of Madrid, accessible to the same group, EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA, a newspaper owned by Prensa Ibérica. “I’m talking about accusations of economic irregularities. If they prove it, the next day, Juan Luis Rascón Lope has made a firm and unequivocal commitment to leave the Tennis Federation. Madrid. I offer my irrevocable resignation and do not participate in the elections.. […] “I only have to prove one of the accusations I have previously made, and not to present myself as a candidate in the next election, days before the federal election, in which he reaffirmed his victory,” Rascón said.

The Madrid tennis president also assured in his letter that he had undertaken this commitment, which he aimed to fulfill “without blinking”. However, Racon He demanded that opponents report the alleged irregularities before the court, otherwise the letter goes on to show a simple “media smear campaign”.“.

diversion of funds

To be exact, Rascón’s opponents filed a complaint days later with the Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office, in which they drew attention to alleged irregularities, according to their version, by the president and other administrators, including executive Juan Bautista Avendaño. The Public Prosecutor’s Office evaluated that these administrators may have committed terrorist crimes by chance, in a document held by this newsroom. unfair management, embezzlement of public funds or subsidy fraud alleged diversion of funds of at least 568,520 euros.

Madrid prosecutor María Valencia Fernández filed a complaint with the court in a letter in which she showed her surprise that the decision to pay ‘Tati’ Rascón was not supported by an agreement by the Madrid Tennis Federation. “This is the first time the Presidential position has been paid, It is surprising that there is no clear agreement on this.Its necessity appears to be evident from the norm,” said the Public Ministry representative.

“media harassment”

However, Rascón wrote in his letter that during the several months that coincided with the development of the selection process for the elections in the 2021 Madrid Tennis Federation, both he and the rest of the members of the Madrid Federation Board of Directors “exposed to a public campaign of discrediting and media harassment“Madrid faced the management of the tennis president,” whose managers are federated.

Finally, the president confirmed to the heads of Madrid tennis clubs in all cases where “false” information was published about the economic, sporting or legal aspects of the FTM, “without presenting a single piece of evidence“This confirms that any of these accusations are true and correct, both the president of the Madrid Tennis Federation and the Board of Directors have issued statements in which, according to Rascón, they simply reject these statements which, according to the Madrid Federation, seek to “discredit” their leader.

A newspaper belonging to the same group, EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA, Prensa Ibérica, He sent a few questions to the manager of the Madrid Tennis FederationJuan Avendaño, who did not answer them.