The order analyzes and dismisses the crimes included in the merengue entity’s complaint.
The Criminal Chamber of the National Court has confirmed the rejection of the complaint filed by Real Madrid against the National Football League and its president, Javier Tebas, for corporate crimes regarding the criteria for the distribution of income obtained from the commercialization and exploitation of the football competition. audiovisual rights of football matches.
By order, the magistrates of the Third Department reject the appeal filed by Real Madrid CF last September against the dismissal resolution of investigating judge José Luis Calama.
The Chamber recalls that, as stated in the contested decision, the reported criminal offenses are not the result of direct action by the defendants, but rather of an agreement adopted by the Supervisory Body for the Management of Audiovisual Rights and the Administration of the First Division of the League, in which all sports companies and clubs participating in the championship of the first division and to which the distribution agreement applies are represented.
In concrete terms, the proposal for the agreement in question was adopted by the Supervisory Body for Audiovisual Rights Management with four votes in favor, one abstention and one vote against, and finally approved by the Board of the First Division of the League with eighteen votes in favor. two abstentions and one vote against.
The order analyzes and dismisses the crimes included in the complaint, which the sports entity claims constitute unfair management, embezzlement, corporate corruption and the imposition of unlawful contracts. “The court agrees with the assessment of the court a quo and the Public Prosecution Service, which opposes the appeal, with regard to the criminal atypical nature of the facts and behavior described by the complainant,” the court concludes.
Source: Goal