Massis unfazed by accusations, will investigate his own daughter | OneFootball

Involved by allies of Julio Casares in an alleged ticket diversion scheme, as revealed by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR, the president of São Paulo, Harry Massis Júnior, revealed that he was even blackmailed (without specifying how) by the people who obtained the recordings, screenshots, and bank receipts of his daughter, Christina Massis.

Directly, the tricolor president sent his message, however. He will go to the last consequences to investigate the facts, whether or not his daughter is involved.

“About a week ago, I received with surprise and indignation my daughter Christina’s account regarding the resale of concert tickets. I do not condone her regrettable attitude and I support the club’s Ethics Committee in deepening the investigation into the case,” said Massis.

“I reaffirm that I only learned about the case a few days ago and that I was also blackmailed so that the case would not come to light. But apparently, they don’t know me. Here stands an upright man, whose sole intention is to clean up São Paulo Futebol Clube, whatever it takes and whoever it hurts,” he said.

“I have no commitment to any wrongdoing or error of any kind. It doesn’t matter if the person in question is related to me or not. Christina is of legal age, has her own CPF, and must answer for her actions. During my administration, my greatest mission is to have zero tolerance for any ethically reprehensible conduct. This applies to everyone, even my daughter,” Massis concluded.

The details of the alleged complaint, which landed in the hands of the president of the Deliberative Council, Olten Ayres de Abreu, and prompted the scheduling of a meeting of the Advisory Council for Friday afternoon (20th), are still not very clear.

Theoretically, it is a complaint about Christina selling tickets for a concert at Morumbi in 2024. The amount initially reported to Massis is just over R$ 3,000.

It is important to recall that, precisely to avoid a conflict of interest, Massis fired his daughter from the position she held in the women’s football youth division at the beginning of the month.

The mastermind behind what is being called backstage a ‘coup attempt’ would be the president of the Deliberative Council himself, Olten Ayres de Abreu, an ally of Casares, who would take over the presidency in the event of the current president’s removal.

In recent days, allies of Olten and Casares have been approaching journalists offering the alleged complaint. Only an audio, a screenshot of a conversation, and a bank transfer receipt were shown (but not actually handed over).

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR spoke with a fellow journalist who saw the material. He prefers to keep the name of the person who contacted him confidential and revealed that this ‘whistleblower’ did not hand over the material, only allowed him to read and listen to it on a cell phone.

“I was told it was a ticket sales scheme. But there is no concrete evidence of any kind,” he said.

According to this colleague, the ‘whistleblower’ identified himself as being sent by the president of the São Paulo Deliberative Council and promised that Massis’s daughter had diverted more than 1,500 tickets to scalpers.

“But the value on the bank receipt was much, much lower. And in the audio, she only says she would buy the tickets, that’s all, without giving many details and without characterizing a scheme,” he added.

AMT tried to speak with Olten to comment on the information, but received no response by the time this report was published.

Massis’s allies who spoke to the report state that the president’s daughter admits she bought tickets at the club’s box office and resold them to an acquaintance. The total, however, would not exceed 20 tickets. This practice may be immoral, but it is not prohibited by the Statute.

The meeting of the Advisory Council does not have the same character as the meeting held by the board at the beginning of January, when it was ‘advised’ that Casares could not be impeached after a series of scandals involving him and his directors, which led to a criminal investigation.

Behind the scenes, it is said that Friday’s meeting, which will include Casares, aims to pressure Massis regarding the club’s internal ethical procedures against those who have been removed.

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