Andrés Sanchez skips hearing, Ethics Committee presses on at Corinthians | OneFootball

Former Corinthians president Andrés Sanchez has decided not to give the testimony that had been scheduled for this Thursday (26) before the Ethics and Discipline Committee of Corinthians’ Deliberative Council. The information was first reported by Gazeta Esportiva and confirmed by Central do Timão.

The hearing was part of the internal investigation looking into expenses made by the former president with the corporate card between 2018 and 2020, a period corresponding to his second term in charge of the club.

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Initially, Andrés Sanchez’s defense requested that the testimony be postponed, arguing that holding the hearing, even virtually, could constitute a violation of the precautionary measure preventing the former president from maintaining contact with officials at Parque São Jorge. The justification, however, was rejected by the Ethics Committee, which requested formal proof of any impediment to his appearance.

Later, the Ethics Committee rescheduled the testimony for this Thursday. However, Andrés Sanchez’s defense chose to waive the hearing and said it will officially present its position only in the final arguments of the disciplinary proceeding.

In the disciplinary proceeding, 49 expenses recorded on the corporate card between 2018 and 2020 were listed, with a total value exceeding R$ 180,000. Among the expenses cited are payments made at restaurants, hotels, stores, supermarkets, pharmacies, purchases at duty-free shops, and even helicopter chartering, as well as expenses incurred in Brazil and abroad.

The Ethics Committee determined that Andrés must provide individualized explanations for each charge, accompanied by documentation proving any institutional link of the expenses or possible reimbursement to the club.

Next steps

With Andrés Sanchez’s defense waiving the testimony, the president of the Ethics Committee, Leonardo Pantaleão, will move forward with the case and file the order formalizing the waiver of the hearing. From that point, a five-business-day deadline will be opened for the defense to submit its position and officially present its full argument.

The order is expected to be officially filed on the morning of this Friday (27), with the five-business-day period beginning next Monday (30). Thus, Andrés Sanchez will have until April 6 to submit his statement and officially present his defense, considering the Good Friday holiday, which affects the counting of the deadline.

With Andrés Sanchez’s withdrawal, the Ethics Committee will use as part of the case the testimony given by the former president to the Justice Committee in December 2025, still in the early stages of the internal investigation at Parque São Jorge.

Once the investigation phase of the case is concluded, the Ethics Committee will assess the information gathered and may propose possible disciplinary sanctions. Among the possibilities is a recommendation to expel the former official from the club’s membership rolls. The committee’s opinion is expected to be forwarded to the Deliberative Council, chaired by Romeu Tuma Júnior, who is responsible for putting the matter to a plenary vote.

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