Corinthians council chief asks prosecutors to probe Stabile and director | OneFootball

The president of Corinthians’ Deliberative Council, Romeu Tuma Júnior, filed a report with the São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office accusing club president Osmar Stabile and deputy legal director William Tapara de Oliveira of alleged illegal practices such as witness tampering, coercion, and procedural fraud.

Central do Timão obtained access to the document sent to the Criminal Prosecutor’s Office, which describes a context of growing institutional tension within the club, marked by political disputes and disagreements over administrative management and oversight of the accounts. According to Tuma, his work at the head of the Council, especially regarding the financial review of the administration and the proposal to vote on a new statute, allegedly triggered a reaction from the board.

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According to the filing, there are signs that a possible rejection of the accounts could directly compromise Stabile’s political future, including the possibility of becoming ineligible. In this context, the Council president claims he was targeted by a strategy to undermine his work and remove him from office.

The report states that an artificial narrative of a threat allegedly made by Tuma was created without evidentiary support. Among the elements cited are the lack of recordings proving the alleged intimidation and the fact that witnesses mentioned in a police report are directly linked to the board. 

The document also mentions an attempt to remove the Council president through a meeting considered irregular, with no provision in the club’s statute and conducted, according to the complaint, by the very person interested in the outcome. The formalization of the minutes and the handling of the process are pointed out as violations of the principles of full defense and adversarial proceedings.

Alleged witness tampering

The center of the controversy dates back to March 6, when Romeu Tuma Júnior and Osmar Stabile were seated at separate tables in a pizzeria at Parque São Jorge. On that occasion, influencer and fan Osni Fernando Luiz, known as “Cicatriz,” approached the Council president in a confrontational tone, sparking a heated debate that was recorded on video and later posted on his social media.

According to Tuma, Cicatriz was allegedly recruited to provoke a situation that would support accusations against the Council president himself. According to the account, the fan allegedly received benefits such as access to the training center and a jersey signed by players in exchange for taking part in the supposed setup. Tuma also says the influencer was pressured by the deputy legal director to maintain that he had been assaulted in the episode, although he later stated in an audio recording that he had not suffered any attack.

Afterward, a version began circulating that Tuma had allegedly gone to Osmar Stabile’s table and made a threat: “either you do what I want or I’m going to fuck you up…”. Days later, the episode was used, during a Council meeting that was set to discuss statutory reform, as the basis for accusations of threats and interference in management, which helped empty the meeting and derail the vote on the proposal.

Based on the facts described, the Council president points to the possible occurrence of crimes such as suborning false testimony, coercion in the course of proceedings, unlawful coercion, false criminal reporting, and procedural fraud. He requests that the Public Prosecutor’s Office open an investigation and hold those involved accountable if the conduct is confirmed. Tuma also requests the collection of footage from the club’s internal and external security cameras, especially from the area where the episode took place, as a way to clarify the sequence of events and preserve evidence.

The accounts, however, conflict. While Tuma denies making any threat and says he is the target of a setup, Stabile stands by the version presented internally. Based on this, the club president took the case to the Ethics Committee and even called an extraordinary meeting to provisionally remove the Council president from office, a measure whose validity remains under question and judicial review.

The filing of the report adds a new chapter to Corinthians’ political crisis, involving not only administrative disputes but also questions about governance, transparency, and the legality of internal acts. The Public Prosecutor’s Office is expected to review the material in the coming days to decide whether to open a formal investigation.

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