The end of the trial of the Football Leaks writer, who is being tried in Portugal for hacking and attempted extortion, has been postponed because Rui Pinto could benefit from a pardon due to the upcoming visit of Pope Francis. The Lisbon court said in a statement that the reading of the verdict, which was scheduled to take place after an initial postponement, tomorrow, was set for July 31. François is set to travel to Portugal on the occasion of World Youth Days, which will be held in the Portuguese capital from August 1 to 6.
In this context, the Portuguese government announced its intention to grant amnesty for some crimes committed by young men between the ages of 16 and 30 at the time of the events. Now, 34, Roy Pinto can therefore be pardoned for some of the offenses for which he is responding in the trial, which opened in September 2020.
The man who describes himself as a whistleblower admitted to illegal computer hacks to obtain millions of documents in 2015. This surprising information was passed on to a consortium of European investigative media, exposing questionable practices involving stars, clubs and agents, which were Transferred to the European Investigative Media Consortium. Then the subject of tax amendments and legal investigations in several countries.
