Court rejects Duilio’s appeal in case over Corinthians’ use of funds | OneFootball

The São Paulo Court of Justice has rejected the motion for clarification filed by the defense of Duilio Monteiro Alves, former president of Corinthians, in the case investigating alleged misappropriation of club funds. The decision was handed down by Judge Elaine Cristina Pulcineli Vieira Gonçalves, of the 15th Criminal Court of the São Paulo Court of Justice, who upheld the previous ruling.

In her decision, the judge acknowledged that the appeal was filed within the legal deadline, but found no grounds to accept the motion, as no flaws were identified in the previous decision that would justify its review. The information was published by Blog do Paulinho and confirmed by Central do Timão.

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According to the judge, motions for clarification can only be accepted when there is obscurity, ambiguity, contradiction, or omission in the judicial decision, as provided for in Article 382 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. After analyzing the defense's request, the judge concluded that none of these situations were present.

“Carefully reading the challenged decision, it is clear that none of the above situations are present, and the current appeal must be rejected. What is actually being requested is a new analysis of the requests, which is not possible through this means,” she wrote.

As a result, the judge fully upheld the previous decision in the case investigating the alleged misappropriation of Corinthians funds during the former executive's administration, between 2021 and 2023. Duilio is accused of using the club's corporate credit card for personal expenses. Former financial manager Roberto Gavioli is also a defendant in the case.

Ruling on the Role of the Public Prosecutor's Office

In the same decision, the judge also ordered the Public Prosecutor's Office to clarify which prosecutor is assigned to the case, since there are two representatives involved in the proceedings. The aim, according to the order, is to avoid possible future challenges regarding violation of the principle of the natural prosecutor, which could lead to procedural nullity.

“Considering that there are two prosecutors acting in these proceedings, the Public Prosecutor's Office is hereby summoned to clarify which of them is assigned to the cases pending before this court, thus avoiding any claim of violation of the principle of the natural prosecutor and nullity of the proceedings,” she recorded.

Central do Timão attempted to contact the former president's defense team for comment on the decision, but received no response by the time this article was published.

Since August 2025, former Corinthians presidents Duilio Monteiro Alves, Andrés Sanchez, and Augusto Melo have been under investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office for alleged personal expenses made with the club's corporate card. In Duilio's case, the investigation indicates that expenses exceeded R$ 40,000 and include purchases at airports, duty-free shops, restaurants, hotels, among others.

According to the prosecutor in charge of the case, part of these expenses had no relation to Corinthians' institutional activities. The Public Prosecutor's Office states that the expenses total R$ 41,822.62, already adjusted for inflation. In addition to the reimbursement of this amount, the agency also requests that the former president be ordered to pay R$ 31,366.96 as compensation for material damages to the club.

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