Football Leaks: Rui Pinto cleared of all charges in second case | OneFootball

Rui Pinto was acquitted this Wednesday in the second Football Leaks case, linked to the unlawful access to Benfica’s emails and those of other organizations, by the Lisbon Criminal Court.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office indictment was deemed “invalid” by the panel of judges and, for that reason, considered “unfounded,” in a case in which the defendant was allegedly treated “in three different ways” and without his “dignity as a human being” being respected.

In the second trial associated with the Football Leaks case, which began on January 13, 2025, Rui Pinto faced a total of 241 charges (201 of aggravated unlawful access, 22 of aggravated violation of correspondence, and 18 of computer damage), related to access to emails from Benfica and other entities, including the League of Clubs, law firms, judges, prosecutors, the Tax Authority, and the National Internal Security Network.

The creator of ‘Football Leaks’ was committed to stand trial in March 2024, with the Central Criminal Investigation Court deciding to grant him amnesty for 134 counts of violation of correspondence, based on the amnesty law approved in 2023 during World Youth Day, since the acts attributed to him were allegedly committed before he turned 30.

Rui Pinto was convicted in the first Football Leaks case, in September 2023, and given a four-year suspended sentence for attempted extortion, aggravated violation of correspondence, and unlawful access.

In November 2023, he was also sentenced in France to six months in prison, likewise suspended, for illegally accessing Paris Saint-Germain’s emails.

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