The next victim? Julio Casares expulsion call sent to ethics committee | OneFootball

Julio Casares’ ties to São Paulo may finally come to a complete end. The club’s Ethics Committee received a request from the Deliberative Council this Monday (13) to investigate and expel the former Tricolor president.

Casares left his position at São Paulo after being impeached and resigning from the presidency following huge pressure over scandals and controversies earlier this year.

The document will now be reviewed by the same group that requested the expulsions of Mara Casares and Douglas Schwartzmann from Tricolor’s membership rolls and advisory board.

The request was filed with the Deliberative Council last Friday (10), and its president, Olten Ayres, forwarded the request for investigation and expulsion to the Ethics Committee this Monday (13).

Among the accusations against Julio Casares is the former president’s reckless management, citing the withdrawal of nearly R$ 7 million made by the presidency in recent years, still not justified by the accused. In the 2025 financial statement, they were listed as “promotional expenses.” Article 34 of São Paulo’s Bylaws provides for expulsion in cases like this.

Luiz Augusto Lia Braga, Antônio Maria Patiño Zorz, José Edgard Galvão Machado, Marcelo Felipe Nelli Soares, and Milton Jose Neves Junior make up Tricolor’s Ethics Committee, the same heroes who expelled Mara and Schwartzmann. They will now prepare a report based on what is investigated and send the case back to the Deliberative Council, which will decide whether to approve the request.

The document was signed by councilors Carlos Sadi, Édson Lapolla, Joandre Ferraz, Marcelo Pepe, Paulo Ramos, Ricardo Natel, and Roberto Kirschner, and is based on the financial mismatch in the football department’s 2025 accounts, when the sector exceeded the approved budget limit by around R$ 91.2 million.

DUO EXPELLED

In a historic decision made last Thursday (9), the Deliberative Council officially expelled Douglas Schwartzmann and Mara Casares from the membership rolls and the advisory board. The two were the main figures in the Luxury Box Scandal, caught in phone conversations secretly negotiating a space at Morumbi for Colombian singer Shakira’s concert in February last year.

The vote was overwhelming, with 221 votes in favor of removal and only 14 against.

The case, which became public last December, prompted a rigorous investigation led by the club’s Ethics Committee. The body’s final report found that the former directors had seriously violated the association’s bylaws, recommending the maximum penalty of expulsion.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.