Rui Pinto’s lawyer, Francisco Teixeira da Mota, confirmed today that his client will speak in court on May 13, as part of the Football Leaks case. The trial resumed this Friday at the Campus de Justiça, in Lisbon, after a break of almost ten months and in this 46th session, the questioning of the last two witnesses in the defense of the hacker was scheduled by videoconference, but they were unreachable. A new session is scheduled for the 22nd, with two inspectors from the Judiciary Police scheduled to meet. New sessions will then follow on the 13th of May and the 16th, 23rd and 26th of the same month, for statements and allegations.
“[Rui Pinto] It’s ok. Psychologically, it’s fine. Available to reply. You need access to all the evidence. We’ve already dispensed with today’s witnesses, they had some relevance, linked to Doyen. We waived because we don’t want to delay the trial,” said the lawyer as he left the courtroom.
Rui Pinto, 33, is responsible for a total of 90 crimes: 68 of improper access, 14 of violation of correspondence, six of illegitimate access, targeting entities such as Sporting, Doyen, the PLMJ law firm, the Portuguese Federation of Football (FPF) and the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), and also for computer sabotage of Sporting’s SAD and for extortion, in the attempted form. This last crime concerns Doyen and was what also led to the indictment of lawyer Aníbal Pinto.
The creator of Football Leaks has been free since August 7, “due to his collaboration” with the Judiciary Police (PJ) and his “critical sense”, but is, for security reasons, included in the witnesses in an undisclosed location and under police protection.
